I'm excited to share the cover for my first book project, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?: HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS AND FIND THE FACTS by Joyce Grant! It’s now available now for pre-order! I loved working on this with
Kathleen Keenan and Andrew Dupuis from Kids Can Press, and I'm excited to see it in the world June 2022. There is so much valuable info in this book on how to be savvy when it comes to the information you take in online and in print.
Wild October 🖤
For the month of October, I’ll be following along with Zoe Keller’s WILD OCTOBER playlist. She has generously put together a playlist of podcasts and videos that address the crisis of climate change and loss of biodiversity. If you aren’t familiar with Zoe’s work, I highly recommend heading over to her page/site to explore her amazing and thoughtful work and to find the full playlist she has put together.
The first episode in the playlist is “So You’ve Got Climate Anxiety. Here’s What You Can Do With It” by the podcast, @liferaftpod. The episode delves into the stressful emotions surrounding climate change, and it introduced me to terms like ecoanxiety and eco-grief.
I really like the idea of treating the emotions and anxiety surrounding climate change as real feelings of loss and grief, and seeking others who feel the same stresses as you can be comforting in knowing you are not alone. I recommend listening to the episode for more discussion on the overlap of mental health and climate change.