Welcome to My Coffee Chronicles

Hello and welcome! Whether you know me from my newsletters on Substack (The Planet and Screen Skills), my social media presence, or my various speaking engagements around the world, I'm delighted you've found your way here.

Over the years, I've been fortunate to build a community of readers and listeners who value my perspectives on sustainability, climate change, global politics, history, and the intersections of technology and society. Your support and engagement have been the foundation for my continued work.

Why Buy Me a Coffee?

Many of you have asked how to support my independent writing and analysis beyond subscribing to my newsletters. Buy Me a Coffee offers the perfect solution – a simple way to say "thank you" for content that resonates with you.

Each coffee you buy fuels not just my actual caffeine intake (which is substantial!) but also the time and research that goes into creating thoughtful, nuanced content in a media landscape often dominated by sensationalism and superficial analysis.

What You'll Find Here

My main publications are on Substack and Medium. I am also present on many other social media platforms, in several publications, as a public speaker or commenting on the news on several television channels.

Although Buy Me a Coffee has not been designed as a kind of blogging platform (the hard-to-read chosen font says it all), I will share another Café Chronicle whenever there are new monthly or yearly subscribers (or when I receive more coffees than I can ever finish in a day :-). These are exclusive pieces written from various cafés around the world as I travel, offering behind-the-scenes insights into:

• Research that didn't make it into published articles
• Personal reactions to global events
• Early concepts for future work
• The writing process itself, or
• Observations that feel too intimate for broader platforms

My Current Journey

This year, I'm continuing my international travels, which inform and enrich my writing and allow me to bring diverse perspectives to my analysis of our rapidly changing world.

Your coffees make these journeys possible and keep me writing through long travel days and cozy café mornings. In return, I promise thoughtful reflections that I usually don't publish in The Planet, Screen Skills, or Medium.

Thank you for joining me here – I look forward to sharing these special moments with you.

With a steaming cup of gratitude,

Alexander Verbeek, April 2025