Carbon Offsetting, what’s it really about?

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 1, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts

Off the back of taking part in CheatNeutral’s spoof chat show ‘Going Neutral’ at the Science Museum, this feels like the perfect time to take a look at the concept of carbon offsetting, the most recognised example of which is the planting of trees to...

The Story of Cap and Trade

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 1, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

      The Story of Cap & Trade is the second offering from the project that brought us The Story of Stuff. In this ten minute video, host Annie Leonard presents an excellent, clearly explained look at some of the devil in the detail of Cap &...

The final word – Al Gore debates climate sceptic Monckton

by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 25, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Philosophy

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Rituals for Lover Earth

by Shaun Chamberlin | Oct 16, 2009 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Philosophy, Politics

  This is Dark Optimism’s first ever guest post. The below article was originally published a week ago by Charles Eisenstein, on the Reality Sandwich web magazine. It blew me away, exploring the themes of cultural stories and definitions of self that will...

All Party Parliamentary TEQs report – rationing, not carbon trading

by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 14, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

As the evidence for the utter inapplicability of free market carbon trading to our climate emergency continues to pile up, interest continues to grow in the less PR-friendly alternative — the rationing of carbon-rated energy. Yesterday, the UK Government’s All...