Grace Meikle / Spec fic Writer / Cleantech nerd

KINDRED by Octavia Butler is an excellent book...my book club pick. It is a first person slave narrative written from the POV of a Black woman married to a white man in 1976 who keeps getting pulled back in time to the slave plantation in 1816 in the US antebellum south where her ancestor was born.

This year I've been really into reading horror...partly because I love it and partly to get inspiration for a future novel project I have in mind. THE HUNGER is a supernatural reimagining of the Donner Party tragedy. Completely terrifying, fantastic, and leaves lots to discuss!

My employer (Emissions Reduction Alberta) is launching a $50M challenge to cleanup oilsands tailings. There is an excellent graphic novel called DUCKS that touches on tailings - but bear in mind it takes place 20 years ago and things have evolved. I wrote a goodreads review about it.. link in bio.

When Words Collide 2025: Writer vs Climate: The Artist's Role in... View more about this event at When Words Collide 2025

I am excited to share that I'll be presenting at this year's When Words Collide Conference from August 15-17 in Calgary on the artist's role in shaping cultural conventions about energy!
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The Engineer by Grace Meikle       Liev sat at his desk inside the overfamiliar walls of the trailer, gazing out at the sleet, now morphing into rain. The slender drops glistened in the…

My short story THE ENGINEER, published last year by Capital City Press Anthology Volume IV, now has an audio link so you can listen as you drive. It's about a geologist's night shift on a lonely oil rig that gets interrupted by an unexpected visitor. capitalcitypress.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/t...

AIAAIC - ChatGPT consumes 500 ml of water per 5-50 prompts ChatGPT consumes 500 ml of water per 5-50 prompts

Fun fact I learned this week: ChatGPT consumes 1/2 a liter of water with every series of prompts you put into it. www.aiaaic.org/aiaaic-repos...

Episode 35: A Path to Sustainable Energy - Pt .1 - Carbon Copy In this episode, we sat down with Megan Bowen, the Sustainability Project Development Engineer at Strathcona Resources to discuss their cutting-edge carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, navi...

This month I hosted 2 podcasts with Emissions Reduction Alberta and Strathcona Resources on decarbonizing the oilsands and I am excited to share them. <3
www.buzzsprout.com/1984300/epis...
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A new friend stopped by to say hello. #canada

when one is very ill...binge watching supernatural while making a Sakura densha book nook seems appropriate. also holy moly these things are difficult. progress so far after a full day of working on it...

#womeninenergy

Episode 35: A Path to Sustainable Energy - Pt .1 - Carbon Copy In this episode, we sat down with Megan Bowen, the Sustainability Project Development Engineer at Strathcona Resources to discuss their cutting-edge carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, navi...

Podcast time! I interviewed oilsands producer Strathcona Resources about their plans for carbon capture to reduce >80% of emissions. It won't happen overnight, and sure will face sebacks, but they've made tons of progress and I'm super excited about this project.
www.buzzsprout.com/1984300/epis...

in Zurich! A good friend of mine lives here and I was lucky enough to score a visit after a work travel kerfuffle. Beautiful clean city with a waterfront and view of the alps plus endless chocolate. 🍫🇨🇭🚞💕

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Here's a great little podcast about why there's a shortage of lifesaving nuclear isotopes in the UK (and worldwide) right now and how to fix it, sound climate wisdom from Jane Goodall, and some validation that AI can't write good poetry... #nuclear #nuclearmedicine
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Every family has a person or people who dig into the history stuff. In my family, one of those people is me. It is so fascinating but so much work. If someone in your family does this, help them! I've been digging into ancestry.ca today for the first time. It's a pretty cool tool for collaboration.

Working on a literary project to commemorate the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Japan I started in 2017....long story, but now I'm trying to finish it! 2026 will be 15 years on. While deleting my facebook, I'm downloading all my high school photos from Japan and it's really taking me back to those times. ⛩️