What’s your personal climate strategy?
What’s your personal climate strategy?
My "Ruggedize Your Life: the Basics" class sold out fast, so I'm offering another on May 30th.
What’s your personal climate strategy?
We all have hopes and ideas about how humanity will limit the magnitude of the planetary crisis, but that crisis is here, and no matter what we all do together, we’re each of us going to have to ready ourselves for life in a hotter, more chaotic world.
My approach to that challenge is to explore what I call personal ruggedization.
A few times a year, I teach an intensive seminar about that approach, A Crash Course in Personal Ruggedization. The Crash Course delivers six weeks of lectures, includes readings and discussion sessions, and aims to give participants a strong foundation for making smart choices in discontinuous times. It’s been very well-received. It offers a lot of value, and is priced accordingly.
A bunch of you have asked if I could offer a more introductory class that delivers a quick overview of the most important considerations in personal climate strategies, but requires less of a commitment of time and money.
That’s what lead me to create a new one-session, two-hour class. Ruggedize Your Life: the Basics walks you through the top-level concerns and strategies for choosing a solid place to build a new life, ready for hard futures.
It quickly covers:
How bad might the planetary crisis get? Why is location so critical to good outcomes in the coming decades? Why does timing matter so much?
Brief explanations of key concepts: Discontinuity. Brittleness. Relative safety. Ruggedization. Climate bottlenecks.
The three general criteria that best measure the strengths and weaknesses of places. An example of how to use these tools. An overview of U.S. regions’ pros and cons.
Making good long-term decisions for an unstable future. Planning for future with kids. Why there’s no one formula for everyone.
A few useful tips for pursuing personal ruggedization on a budget.
Afterwards, participants receive a follow-up email with the class recording.
As I say, I offered this class last month and it quickly sold out, so I’m going to offer another class at the same introductory price, of $149.
[THIS CLASS IS NOW SOLD OUT]
How to find me elsewhere online:
- Schedule a consultation with me to discuss personal ruggedization in your life or business, or to explore a business opportunity.
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- Check out my books: Worldchanging and Carbon Zero
- View my TED Global talks on sustainability and cities.
- I was featured in a 2022 NY Times Magazine piece, "This Isn't the California I Married," and my writing was the jumping-off point for an episode of This American Life: Unprepared for What Has Already Happened. I’ve recently talked about ruggedization and sustainability on these podcasts: Without; The Big Story; Everybody In the Pool.
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