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Abstract
This interview was conducted at the University of Alcalá in Madrid, Spain in 2018 within the context of an international conference focusing on the power of stories, myths and arts to envision change. Although Starhawk is known primarily as an activist and ecofeminist, her presence as a plenary speaker was based on her role as novelist of a contemporary ecotopian society. Her ecotopia is strongly based on scientific knowledge, particularly aspects of renewable energies and permaculture, as well as in the embracing of diversity in all its manifestations, spirituality, rituals and stories. In her novels the imagination and the arts become essential to inspire the people to create their ecotopia and resist the invasion of the hegemonic militaristic government. During the conference she also gave a workshop centred on the imaginative process of reinventing better and more sustainable worlds through stories. This interview precisely highlights the imaginative process in action and how the imagination can inspire change.