Climate futurist Alex Steffen helps you see the patterns beneath the chaos — and build new strategies for life in a time of planetary discontinuity.
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NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
A few stories worth tracking together this week. A potential “Super” El Niño bearing down on a planet already past 1.5°C. A fertilizer chokepoint tightening at the Strait of Hormuz just as planting decisi...
Discontinuity is the Job
This piece — about reimagining our work lives on a planet in crisis — may have had more impact than anything else I’ve written here. In the five years since I wrote it, events have made it obvious that we won’t slash climate emission...
Getting Your Bearings
Every year, for decades to come, our world will get hotter and more chaotic. That means our lives have to be planned for a future that’s profoundly different from the world we were raised, educated and trained to prepare for. We live in a m...
Is Community an Answer to Brittleness?
Building the systems that make today’s New York possible. Photo by Pierre P. Pullis. Lundin Collection, courtesy of the New York Transit Museum.
Is community the answer to the growing brittleness of our lives?
I get asked this question —...
Looking Ahead
This cohort of the Personal Climate Strategy Workshop is now full.
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! I really appreciate it.
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I'm a climate futurist helping people see the patterns beneath the chaos and build ruggedized strategies for an era of planetary disruption. 30 years on the front lines. Now sharing what I've learned.
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