I’ve now taught dozens of courses and workshops on personal climate strategy and ruggedization, to hundreds of people. Along the way, I’ve been encouraged to find that decision-making under climate uncertainty is definitely a learnable skill.
The climate crisis is a discontinuity, full of chaos and complexity. But you can develop a stronger orientation to what’s changing, a deeper understanding of your options, and a greater capacity to make wise decisions despite uncertainty.
Personal Climate Strategy: The Basics is designed to accelerate the process.
This two-hour live session is simultaneously an overview of how the climate crisis is changing some of the core decisions in your life, and an introduction to my framework for making smart choice when faced with discontinuity. Rather than trying to predict an uncertain future, we’ll focus on becoming more capable of navigating it.
In The Basics, you’ll learn how to:
Understand what systemic climate risks mean to you, personally.
Recognize signs of brittleness in homes, investments, businesses, and communities.
Develop a strategy for adapting your life to a more volatile world.
Identify practical next steps you can begin taking now.
Build a grounded understanding of the crisis that leads to greater clarity, confidence, and agency.
You don’t need to be a climate expert to benefit from The Basics. Many climate professionals have taken the class, but it’s designed for anyone who wants a practical way to think ahead and make wiser decisions in a changing world.
Join us live
Thursday, July 16, 2026
12:00–2:00 p.m. Pacific
Live on Zoom
If you can’t attend live, you’ll receive the full recording afterward.
Your registration includes:
A two-hour live presentation with Alex Steffen
The chance to ask questions during a brief Q&A afterwards
Access to the full recording
Special pricing for the next Personal Climate Strategy Workshop
Get The Basics for only $147. Save $50 before July 15th!
Get Your Bearings with the Basics
See you on Thursday,
Alex
Now for some high-quality links:
How much can we do to restore our auto-dependent suburban landscapes? This guy’s been transforming an office mall parking lot into a landscapes of rain gardens and trees. It’s a definite hope-bump. Check it out!
As we brace for a sweltering August, it’s worth remembering that one of the reasons our cities and suburbs are so hot is that oil-burning cars are essentially furnaces on wheels.
“Building a lot more housing will solve multiple problems” has been the core YIMBY argument since the mid-2000s. My own book, Carbon Zero, focused on how building new housing at inclusive scales and supporting it with sustainable infrastructure could be used to make existing communities engines of decarbonization.
This essay is a good update, arguing “Housing inequality, not income inequality, primarily determines how much wealth inequality there is in most Western countries.”
Finally, this is some excellent climate reporting. You should read this.
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