Forrest Brown

I wrote the first draft of “Keep Going” in the summer of 2017 as I was going through my own mental health struggles triggered by climate change, a condition called climate grief. I believe taking action is one of the best ways to cope with climate grief, and writing is one of the most helpful ways for me to take action personally. I also write and produce a podcast called Stories for Earth about works of literature that deal with climate change.

Keep Going

It’s October in British Columbia and unseasonably warm. This means it’s also hot in the cabin of the twin-prop Cessna carrying me northwest, so I twist out of my sweatshirt and squirm in my seat to find a comfortable way to sit. No success.
I’m on assignment for Outdoors, going to interview Diana Li at her vacation cabin up north.
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