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What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto

What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto

by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 20, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Politics, Reviews and recommendations, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas), Transition Movement

Out today from Pluto Press is What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto – a book to which I was delighted to contribute. My chapter, “The Struggle for Meaning”, wraps up the section on ‘New Economics’ and addresses our...
Transition Money

Transition Money

by Shaun Chamberlin | May 17, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, David Fleming, Economics, Favourite posts, Politics, The Transition Timeline, Transition Movement

Last month I was one of forty or so attendees of the Transition ‘Peak Money’ day. It was a fascinating collection of people, from theorists to activists, and a potent opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing us all as the glaring errors at the heart...
OccupyTransition, or ‘this Halloween I dressed as the economy’

OccupyTransition, or ‘this Halloween I dressed as the economy’

by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 5, 2011 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Economics, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Politics, Transition Movement

This post was written for the Transition Network‘s Social Reporting project, and published there on Sunday 13th November. — Having been invited to be this week’s Social Reporting guest editor and introduce the theme of economics, the burgeoning...

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