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The Bottleneck and You

How the "climate squeeze" is making it harder to find a home that's relatively safe, and why the problem will almost certainly get worse.

Feb 8 •

49:19

Our plan to prevent a planetary crisis has failed. What's next?

It’s not the end of the world, but it is the end of an era whose worldviews and assumptions almost all of us still take for granted.

Jan 15 •

Relative Safety in the Planetary Crisis

That nowhere is safe does not mean every place is equally unsafe. Choose wisely.

Jul 26, 2023 •

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Ruggedize Your Life.

Nov 30, 2021 • Alex Steffen

Discontinuity is the Job

Aug 9, 2021 • Alex Steffen

Old thinking will break your brain.

May 27, 2022 • Alex Steffen

We’re not yet ready for what’s already happened

May 18, 2021 • Alex Steffen

We all live in California, now.

Jan 11, 2022 • Alex Steffen

The Transapocalyptic Now

Nov 4, 2021 • Alex Steffen

This is how a bubble ends: not with a bang, but a discount.

It's begun. We're not ready.

Jul 16 •

We now live in a world of planned disasters.

What kind of future is being planned for the place you call home?

Jul 12 •

Millions Need to Relocate Away from Climate Dangers — Are We Ready?

What mass-relocation programs would take, and why you may be on your own.

Jul 10 •

Quick Note: Charting a course through discontinuity and crisis.

Ruggedize Your Life: The Basics, back by popular demand, July 11th!

Jun 25 •

We Don't Know How to Think About Heat

Living in a world where hot summers are the rule and heat extremes are common.

Jun 21 •

17:20

How Long Will Your Town Last?

As the planetary crisis worsens, thousands of communities around the world face economic loss, social upheaval and hard times. Do you live in one of…

Jun 14 •

A Collision with Our Own Unreadiness

Playing make-believe about the potential for an orderly transition is not helping us accelerate our society's responses to the planetary crisis.

Jun 12 •

23:10

The Snap Forward

The Snap Forward

You no longer have a choice about whether to live on a planet in crisis. What you can choose is how successfully you do it. Big-picture foresight, practical solutions and personal strategies from acclaimed climate expert Alex Steffen.

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