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The Eerie Silence on Discontinuity
26:32
The Eerie Silence on Discontinuity
Why is it so difficult to talk about what we need to do, as families and communities, to ready ourselves for the rapid worsening of the planetary…
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Alex Steffen
24:38
The Real Cost of Climate Failure is the Imperative to Respond to Unprecedented Change.
A transformed planet is an even bigger challenge than the challenge of transforming our economy for sustainability. We still have only begun to grapple…
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Alex Steffen
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.
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Alex Steffen
14:19
The Middle Class Crush Zone
How the planetary crisis is making the slippery slopes of middle class progress steeper.
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Alex Steffen
28:25
The Third Error
All is not lost. Seeing the future as full of possibility is seeing it clearly.
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Alex Steffen
20:58
The Brittleness Bubble Strains
What if the damage Hurricane Ian has wreaked on Florida's communities and economy is only the beginning?
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Alex Steffen
12:46
A Crash Course in Personal Ruggedization
Listen now | Announcing my new class, beginning September 8th.
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Alex Steffen
15:03
Let Slip the Dogs of Planetary Realism
Climate is not an issue, but an era — one whose central conflict is speed. Until we center the Politics of Tempo, useful compromises like the IRA…
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Alex Steffen
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