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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure, but will try to find out!

Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 2d

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

Jamie Sarai Margolin @jamiesarai.bsky.social · 3d

So excited for everyone to read this amazing book!

Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 2

*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

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 2d

thanks for sharing, Jamie! 💚

Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 2d

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...

Another point of view

Look up. Look down. Look around.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 2d

This is the thing I love most about Spain. Outside. Together.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 4d

Tags: #misisummit #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatescience #environmentaljustice
#media #journalism #communication #storytelling #disinformation #misinformation #trust
#publichealth #publicpolicy #community #activism #conference #summit

Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 4d

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

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

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 11d

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

Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Love Song to Jane · Dana Lyons Love Song to Jane ℗ 2023 Dana Lyons Released on: 2023-07-04 Auto-generated by YouTube.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 13d

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

Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks for sharing, Jeff! And to you & @quincemountain.bsky.social for connecting Danica & me oh-so-many years ago. 💚 🌍🍀

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 17d

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!

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 16d

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.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 17d

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

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 24d

📣 🌍 📣 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

SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · Aug 26

🗳️ 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...

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 2

*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

illustrated cover of A Better World is Possible showing a world transformed from polluted to bright and hopeful, led by youth activists.

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 3

Paperback pre-order link: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-better-w...

A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis|Paperback

"Helpful and hopeful." —John Green, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Fault in Our StarsA Better World Is Possible is a comprehensive and graphic novel guide on climate change and what you c...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hardcover link: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-better-w...

A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis|Hardcover

"Helpful and hopeful." —John Green, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Fault in Our StarsA Better World Is Possible is a comprehensive and graphic novel guide on climate change and what you c...

www.barnesandnoble.com

Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 3

re-order & get 25% off my new graphic novel A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis. Today through Friday (9/3 to 9/5) only, with ‪@barnesandnoble.com‬ preorder sale!
*Link in bio*
More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Sep 2

*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

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse

In May, an unprecedented landslide destroyed an Alpine village. Scientists are studying the role of climate change, and residents are trying to rebuild.

www.newyorker.com

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Aug 31

What happens when an Alpine town is vanished from a landslide and glacier's collape? Do you rebuild? Daniel A. Gross via ‪@newyorker.com‬ www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse

In May, an unprecedented landslide destroyed an Alpine village. Scientists are studying the role of climate change, and residents are trying to rebuild.

www.newyorker.com

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SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣 The 2025 #SEJAwards are open! We’re shining a spotlight on the newsrooms and members whose reporting deepens our understanding of our changing planet.
🗓️Deadline: Sept 2
🔗 sej.org/awards

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Aug 5

“That’s some funky sun,” says the 16-year-old in my charge. #Alberta #wildfires

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Aug 5

Great news!

Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · Aug 5

Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed

Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.

www.bloomberg.com

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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · Aug 5

www.sup.org/books/litera...

Impasse | Stanford University Press

A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for August 2025!We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe.Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet instead of ser...

www.sup.org