Meera Subramanian
@meerasub.bsky.social
🌏Journalist. Author. Earthling.
🍃 A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (March 2026)
🖋️ Bylines: New Yorker, Nature, VQR, Orion contributing ed.
📚 Creative Nonfiction prof at Sewanee School of Letters
🌿 www.meerasub.org
🍃 A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (March 2026)
🖋️ Bylines: New Yorker, Nature, VQR, Orion contributing ed.
📚 Creative Nonfiction prof at Sewanee School of Letters
🌿 www.meerasub.org
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
www.vox.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
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As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
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Look at @katharinehayhoe.com channel her apocalyptic optimist as she describes the fossil fuel swan song that we just witnessed at COP30. For the full conversation with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and me, tune into COPOut Episode 5, which airs TOMORROW!
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Look at @katharinehayhoe.com channel her apocalyptic optimist as she describes the fossil fuel swan song that we just witnessed at COP30. For the full conversation with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and me, tune into COPOut Episode 5, which airs TOMORROW!
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While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
Just ordered my copy of #AnanyaVajpeyi's new book of essays, Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities. Anya is a dear friend & exquisite writer. Few smarty-pants people can write so eloquently, blending emotion & mind into pieces of writing that elevate you. www.midlandbookshop.com/en/product/p...
Place Intimate Encounters With Cities
When I ventured out, my line of sight was dominated by three beautiful monuments in three cities—Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi; San Giorgio’s Church in Venice; Cihang
www.midlandbookshop.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just ordered my copy of #AnanyaVajpeyi's new book of essays, Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities. Anya is a dear friend & exquisite writer. Few smarty-pants people can write so eloquently, blending emotion & mind into pieces of writing that elevate you. www.midlandbookshop.com/en/product/p...
Just ordered my copy of #AnanyaVajpeyi's new book of essays, Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities. Anya is a dear friend & exquisite writer. Few smarty-pants people can write so eloquently, blending emotion & mind into pieces of writing that elevate you. www.midlandbookshop.com/en/product/p...
Place Intimate Encounters With Cities
When I ventured out, my line of sight was dominated by three beautiful monuments in three cities—Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi; San Giorgio’s Church in Venice; Cihang
www.midlandbookshop.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just ordered my copy of #AnanyaVajpeyi's new book of essays, Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities. Anya is a dear friend & exquisite writer. Few smarty-pants people can write so eloquently, blending emotion & mind into pieces of writing that elevate you. www.midlandbookshop.com/en/product/p...
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‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions.
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org/health/lance...
#Health #Climate #PublicHealth #Research #Science
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org/health/lance...
#Health #Climate #PublicHealth #Research #Science
‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions.
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org/health/lance...
#Health #Climate #PublicHealth #Research #Science
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org/health/lance...
#Health #Climate #PublicHealth #Research #Science
FFS… the world is burning and the best thing you can do with your money is buy a home soft serve ice cream machine? An idea: donate the price of this gizmo to the #climate ngo of your choice. #COP30. #consumerchoice
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
FFS… the world is burning and the best thing you can do with your money is buy a home soft serve ice cream machine? An idea: donate the price of this gizmo to the #climate ngo of your choice. #COP30. #consumerchoice
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The FDA warned today that the number of infants hospitalized due to botulism contamination of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Formula is up to 15. There is a complete recall on this formula. Every baby reported sick ended up in the hospital because - no surprise here - botulism is bad news. Still...1/4
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula
Do not use recalled ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.
www.fda.gov
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The FDA warned today that the number of infants hospitalized due to botulism contamination of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Formula is up to 15. There is a complete recall on this formula. Every baby reported sick ended up in the hospital because - no surprise here - botulism is bad news. Still...1/4
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Who out there shares the best urban transformation before-and-after pictures? It’s a tactic I consider particularly powerful & effective. Bonus points for sharing your favourite B&A examples. Example below from @modacitylife.com from Torino, Italy where we were just both speaking. #UrbanistShoutOut
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Who out there shares the best urban transformation before-and-after pictures? It’s a tactic I consider particularly powerful & effective. Bonus points for sharing your favourite B&A examples. Example below from @modacitylife.com from Torino, Italy where we were just both speaking. #UrbanistShoutOut
I went to #JuliaCumes & #LipeBorges’s photography exhibit on Cape Cod’s immigrant community. And read Omar El Akkad’s incredible One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Here’s what emerged…
#CapeCod #CapeCodMuseumofArt #OmarElAkkad #immigrant
meerasub.substack.com/p/a-reason-t...
#CapeCod #CapeCodMuseumofArt #OmarElAkkad #immigrant
meerasub.substack.com/p/a-reason-t...
A Reason to Exist
On immigrants forging new lives & bombs extinguishing existing ones
meerasub.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I went to #JuliaCumes & #LipeBorges’s photography exhibit on Cape Cod’s immigrant community. And read Omar El Akkad’s incredible One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Here’s what emerged…
#CapeCod #CapeCodMuseumofArt #OmarElAkkad #immigrant
meerasub.substack.com/p/a-reason-t...
#CapeCod #CapeCodMuseumofArt #OmarElAkkad #immigrant
meerasub.substack.com/p/a-reason-t...
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Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change
As the #climatecrisis quickens, so does mis/disinformation. How to move forward? Join us at the (free!) @misibu.bsky.social Summit: Communicating Climate, Fri. 11/7 featuring @mikegrunwald.bsky.social, @casssunstein.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social & so many more combeyond.bu.edu/offering/mis...
MISI Summit: Communicating Climate - Nov. 7, 2025
The inaugural Media Innovation and Social Impact Summit brings together leading voices from government, academia, journalism, and activism for a timely conversation on the theme “Communicating…
combeyond.bu.edu
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As the #climatecrisis quickens, so does mis/disinformation. How to move forward? Join us at the (free!) @misibu.bsky.social Summit: Communicating Climate, Fri. 11/7 featuring @mikegrunwald.bsky.social, @casssunstein.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social & so many more combeyond.bu.edu/offering/mis...
October 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Learn the stories of @jamiesarai.bsky.social & four other incredible #youth #climate #activists in @abetterworldbook.bsky.social - the true graphic novel - coming March 3! @01firstsecond.bsky.social
So excited for everyone to read this amazing book!
*CoverReveal!*
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis now available for preorder!!
*link in bio*
Exciting preorder sale starts tmr 🤩💥 🌍
#DanicaNovgorodoff @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @xiyebastida.bsky.social @jamiesarai.bsky.social
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis now available for preorder!!
*link in bio*
Exciting preorder sale starts tmr 🤩💥 🌍
#DanicaNovgorodoff @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @xiyebastida.bsky.social @jamiesarai.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Learn the stories of @jamiesarai.bsky.social & four other incredible #youth #climate #activists in @abetterworldbook.bsky.social - the true graphic novel - coming March 3! @01firstsecond.bsky.social
New peregrinations, deep into the sea, high above the clouds, aching for a new vantage on the situation here on earth.
#JeffSharlet #SamanthaHarvey #BradFox #climatecrisis #climatechange #ISS meerasub.substack.com/p/another-po...
#JeffSharlet #SamanthaHarvey #BradFox #climatecrisis #climatechange #ISS meerasub.substack.com/p/another-po...
Another point of view
Look up. Look down. Look around.
meerasub.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New peregrinations, deep into the sea, high above the clouds, aching for a new vantage on the situation here on earth.
#JeffSharlet #SamanthaHarvey #BradFox #climatecrisis #climatechange #ISS meerasub.substack.com/p/another-po...
#JeffSharlet #SamanthaHarvey #BradFox #climatecrisis #climatechange #ISS meerasub.substack.com/p/another-po...
In these hyper-partisan times, how are the impacts of #climatechange communicated? Join me Nov. 7 at
@misibu.bsky.social’s summit with journalists, scientists, activists & artists sharing strategies for Communicating Climate in a time of mis- and disinformation. Free!
bit.ly/MISISummit2025
@misibu.bsky.social’s summit with journalists, scientists, activists & artists sharing strategies for Communicating Climate in a time of mis- and disinformation. Free!
bit.ly/MISISummit2025
MISI Summit: Communicating Climate - Nov. 7, 2025
The inaugural Media Innovation and Social Impact Summit brings together leading voices from government, academia, journalism, and activism for a timely conversation on the theme “Communicating Climate.”
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In these hyper-partisan times, how are the impacts of #climatechange communicated? Join me Nov. 7 at
@misibu.bsky.social’s summit with journalists, scientists, activists & artists sharing strategies for Communicating Climate in a time of mis- and disinformation. Free!
bit.ly/MISISummit2025
@misibu.bsky.social’s summit with journalists, scientists, activists & artists sharing strategies for Communicating Climate in a time of mis- and disinformation. Free!
bit.ly/MISISummit2025
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Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.
Jane Fonda Relaunches Committee for the First Amendment With Support of 550 Celebrities Including Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and More
Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment with the support of Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and more.
variety.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.
What a life, #JaneGoodall, untiring til the end. Thank you. This "Love Song to Jane" from Dana Lyons seems appropriate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXg...
Love Song to Jane
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Love Song to Jane
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October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What a life, #JaneGoodall, untiring til the end. Thank you. This "Love Song to Jane" from Dana Lyons seems appropriate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXg...
Sad I can't make this but if you're in NYC, you can! Proof of Life: Celebrating 25 years of Killing the Buddha Magazine! www.eventbrite.com/e/proof-of-l...
Proof of Life: Celebrating 25 years of Killing the Buddha Magazine!
Celebrate great religion, culture & politics writing + launch of a new collaboration with The Commons with voices from the KtB ecosystem.
www.eventbrite.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sad I can't make this but if you're in NYC, you can! Proof of Life: Celebrating 25 years of Killing the Buddha Magazine! www.eventbrite.com/e/proof-of-l...
Thanks for sharing, Jeff! And to you & @quincemountain.bsky.social for connecting Danica & me oh-so-many years ago. 💚 🌍🍀
Counter-doom: a new graphic book by two of the most talented (and informed) optimists writing and drawing, @meerasub.bsky.social and Danica Novgorodoff, A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: meerasub.substack.com/p/a-better-w...
A Better World Is Possible...
Cover Reveal , limited pre-order sale, & more!
meerasub.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thanks for sharing, Jeff! And to you & @quincemountain.bsky.social for connecting Danica & me oh-so-many years ago. 💚 🌍🍀
Among The Ruins | Broadcast pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...
Among The Ruins | Broadcast
Heat won't show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame.
pioneerworks.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Among The Ruins | Broadcast pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...
Another achingly beautiful piece on mothering against the "apocalypse," from @emilyraboteau.bsky.social. Among The Ruins via Broadcast of @pioneerwork.bsky.social. #climateweeknyc #heat #climatecrisis #Rome #NYC #trees pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...
Among The Ruins | Broadcast
Heat won't show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame.
pioneerworks.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Another achingly beautiful piece on mothering against the "apocalypse," from @emilyraboteau.bsky.social. Among The Ruins via Broadcast of @pioneerwork.bsky.social. #climateweeknyc #heat #climatecrisis #Rome #NYC #trees pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...
📣 🌍 📣 Still time to serve the org shaping #environmental #journalism. @sejorg.bsky.social is accepting nominations now.
*Spread the word*
@aajaofficial.bsky.social
@sciencewriters.org
@uprootproject.bsky.social
@nabjlaofficial.bsky.social
@indigenousja.bsky.social
*Spread the word*
@aajaofficial.bsky.social
@sciencewriters.org
@uprootproject.bsky.social
@nabjlaofficial.bsky.social
@indigenousja.bsky.social
🗳️ The Society of Environmental Journalists Board Elections are coming up! Do you care deeply about the future of environmental journalism and serving the SEJ community? We’re calling on members to step up and apply to be a candidate for the 2025 election! Learn more: www.sej.org/sej-board-el...
September 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📣 🌍 📣 Still time to serve the org shaping #environmental #journalism. @sejorg.bsky.social is accepting nominations now.
*Spread the word*
@aajaofficial.bsky.social
@sciencewriters.org
@uprootproject.bsky.social
@nabjlaofficial.bsky.social
@indigenousja.bsky.social
*Spread the word*
@aajaofficial.bsky.social
@sciencewriters.org
@uprootproject.bsky.social
@nabjlaofficial.bsky.social
@indigenousja.bsky.social
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*CoverReveal!*
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis now available for preorder!!
*link in bio*
Exciting preorder sale starts tmr 🤩💥 🌍
#DanicaNovgorodoff @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @xiyebastida.bsky.social @jamiesarai.bsky.social
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis now available for preorder!!
*link in bio*
Exciting preorder sale starts tmr 🤩💥 🌍
#DanicaNovgorodoff @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @xiyebastida.bsky.social @jamiesarai.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
*CoverReveal!*
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis now available for preorder!!
*link in bio*
Exciting preorder sale starts tmr 🤩💥 🌍
#DanicaNovgorodoff @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @xiyebastida.bsky.social @jamiesarai.bsky.social
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis now available for preorder!!
*link in bio*
Exciting preorder sale starts tmr 🤩💥 🌍
#DanicaNovgorodoff @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social @xiyebastida.bsky.social @jamiesarai.bsky.social