This Planetary Futurist Wants Us To Fundamentally Reimagine A Sustainable Future
Alex Steffen wrote the book on sustainability. Now he wants to show us that we have the capacity to solve global problems—if we are willing to work for it.
The story of climate change tends to be focused on disaster—postapocalyptic visions of food shortages, collapsing ecosystems, and people dying from tropical diseases or heat waves. But it's harder to picture the opposite: What happens if we get things right and manage to build a sustainable society?