Marissa Slaven
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Writing Updates
Posted on January 2, 2020 by marissaslaven
I am thrilled to announce that Code Blue will be re-launched spring of 2020 by my new publisher Stormbird Press. They also have the sequel, Code Red and will be publishing that in 2020 as well!
In the meantime I am busy giving talks about the climate crisis to kids in grade 5 through high school and adults of all ages. I love the opportunity to talk with others, answer questions and learn from them!
I am just starting a first draft of a new YA eco-fiction novel tentatively titled Song Catcher and will keep you posted on the progress.
No live events planned as of yet but hoping to do some more soon 🙂
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This video is completely stunning... unless you live in one of the many towns this has happened to, then this is old news! In related news, @rollingstone recently did an investigation showing that oil and gas wastewater is actually radioactive and killing the workers who are handling it, while the executives in charge of them continue to deny anything is wrong. Show this to someone today so we get the truth out!! We have to end this madness!
So what else can you do?
Here are a few things :
Reduce your own carbon footprint by wasting less, eating less meat and switching to renewable energy where possible.
Talk to your friends, collegues and family about climate change.
Tag someone and use climate change messages in your feed.
Like and comment on climate change messages to increase their reach.
Join a local group like #schoolstrike #extinctionrebellion #stopadani #fridaysforfuture #parentsforfuture
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#votefortheclimate!
Do you care about the planet? 🌏
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Another great Annual General Meeting for our local @thegreenparty_canada EDA, and a wonderful Founding meeting for the @greenpartyofontario CA. A big shout out to Jason Hammond - our guest speaker, who discussed regional organizing! Some executive positions are still open! DM for details! #GPC #GPO #cndpoli
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PERMACULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS
Over the next year, we're giving you FREE access to a range of articles featuring real-life solutions that can not only prevent climate change but in many cases, reverse it.
In a world full of devastation, where many of us feel overwhelmed by the fight against climate change, we want to show that the battle is not over. WE CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, if we act NOW.
To launch the campaign, we're starting with 'The Potential of Carbon Farming' - free to read until 11th January.
All of these articles we are featuring are from back issues of Permaculture Magazine and can be viewed via the free digital access that comes with a subscription (print and digital).
Visit the link in our bio to read the article and keep your eyes peeled for the next one.
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#newyear #resolutions this year I will complete a first draft of a new YA eco-fiction novel tentative title Song Catcher
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3/3 “In the palliative care unit, things were still miserable. There were still many horrible moments. He yelled some and he cried some and he was terrified. But he was clean and most days, using a special lift, they were able to get him out of bed into a wheelchair. We took him to sit in patches of sun by the windows.
In his last weeks, he was never without one of us. My mother and I took shifts. Seven months after the family doctor called and told me the results of the MRI, my father died with my mother at his side.
What I learned, what made my father’s horrible decline as good as it could be, was that if at all possible: have a family doctor for at least a few decades, try to live within a twenty-minute drive of a palliative care unit, ask for help.” #facesofcaring #palliativecare #careislove #careispatience #adviceforothers
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2/3 “When he got sicker, after two emergency room visits, my parents moved in with me, so that I could help care for my father. He was confused and angry a lot of the time. There were a few precious moments; reading to him as he drifted off, listening to favorite songs as he nodded and tapped the table in time. There were some funny times too, like when he demanded spinach for supper. He had always hated spinach but humoring him I gave him a big bowl and much to our surprise he ate it all. There were many sad moments too, when wet and naked he couldn’t or wouldn’t get out of the shower and I had to ask my twenty year old son to help me move him, and when he soiled himself and as I cleaned him he yelled “stop, I’m hitting you, stop!” and I knew that even though the door was closed my fourteen year old could hear.
He was an engineer, a teacher, a reader, and a deep thinker. It was horrible enough that he lost his intellect. As he got worse, he wouldn’t let us care for him physically. His fingernails grew long and dirty. His breathe fetid. I was lucky to know that there was another option, a good option. I had a colleague who was the doctor at the palliative care unit. I called him and he helped.” #facesofcaring #caregivers #caregiving #careislove #careispatience #dementiacare #dementia #palliativecare
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1/3 “My father said, “I will not go gently into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light”. My father said, “They shoot horses, don’t they?” My father hated hospitals, wouldn’t go visit his friends there, and didn’t trust doctors, even though his daughter and son-in-law are a palliative care doctor and cardiologist respectively. My father checked his blood sugar religiously.
My father had the same family doctor for fifty years. He lived in a different province than me, but we talked every week and visited regularly. But not enough. Not enough for me to notice whatever changes the family doctor was seeing that made him order an MRI.
My father was diagnosed with a rapidly progressive multi-focal dementia.” #facesofcaring #dementiacare #careislove #careispatience #palliativecare #dementia
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It’s time to get serious about our climate crisis. The @greenpartyofcanadaofficial is the only party that will reduce emissions by 60% by 2030 as per the recommendations of the @unitednations and the IPCC report. We have to act now. Vote Green this October 21st. 🌱🌿🍃 #GreenWave #ClimateCrisis #GreenforGalea #elxn43🗳
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Another successful all-candidate debate @mcmasteru !! Thank you to everyone who came out, the MSU, and mac votes for hosting! 🌱🍃🌿 #greenwave #cndelxn #elxn43 #GreenforGalea
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Catch the Green Wave how bout’ dah 🌊🌿
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Did you see I'm starting a newsletter for Happy Hips Belly Dance?? Yay!! The Link is in my bio! Here's an idea of what it's all about:
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I said last week I was gonna get real and show more vulnerability. Because you should know, Happy Hips is an approach to self-care based on my experiences with depression and anxiety, and healing myself from within.
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Those of us who carry the memories of trauma in our bodies, get triggered in certain situations. It's part of the fabric of our lives. The sooner we accept these shadow aspects, the sooner we can live healthier lives as integrated adults.
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Last week, I done got triggered. You don't need to know the details. Some stressful stuff happened, and then some other things happened. My heart was pounding, I was feeling embarrassment, isolation and shame. Yuck. Nobody deserves that, amiright. .
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Did I feel like crying? 100%. Was my body buzzing with chaos and anxiety? You bet. Did I recognize that I needed hugs? Hell yes. Did put my hands on my heart and tell myself everything was gonna be okay? Also, yes.
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I was able to do this thanks to the Shadow Work also known as Attachment Therapy I recently completed with the amazing @cassandra_solano. Because shit happens, and old habits die hard. Closing off to our emotions, being harsh with ourselves and unforgiving, comes far too easily, to far too many of us. .
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YOU DESERVE BALANCE, PEACE AND HAPPINESS DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT YOU DON'T!! ANYONE TELLING YOU OTHERWISE (INCLUDING THE PATRIARCHY) SEEKS TO HARM YOU BY KEEPING YOU FROM YOUR POWER. .
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