Our brains are hardwired very deeply to storytelling. It’s how we make sense of our world, so if we want to convey the climate crisis, then we need to do it through storytelling. It’s really the only way.
– Meera
Meera Subramanian is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes narrative nonfiction about home, both personal and planetary, in a time of climate crisis. Her work has appeared in publications such as Nature, The New York Times, The NewYorker.com, and Orion, where she is a contributing editor. She is author of A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, (PublicAffairs 2015), which was short-listed for the Orion Book Award. She also teaches creative nonfiction at the Sewanee School of Letters MFA program in Tennessee. As a National Geographic Explorer and recipient of multiple grants, fellowships, and residencies, she is in a constant state of exploration and wonder about the world around her.
With MISI, Meera worked on gaining traction for A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis, a young adult (YA) nonfiction graphic novel she co-authored. The book tells the story of four real-life youth climate activists and makes climate history and challenges accessible through compelling visuals and engaging writing. She is actively seeking ways to integrate it into educational programs as a way of bringing climate information to new audiences and allowing kids to see themselves in the movement.