by Shaun Chamberlin | Mar 12, 2020 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, David Fleming, Economics, Lean Logic, Out and about, Peak Oil, Surviving the Future, The Sequel, Transition Movement
So, we have a sold-out London event on Monday, launching our film, book and online course. And all week I’ve been agonising — with the others involved — about whether to cancel it or not, in light of the coronavirus pandemic. At the time of writing (Thursday...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 22, 2019 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, David Fleming
When the bestselling theologian Reverend Michael Dowd invited me to open his ‘Post-Doom’ series of interviews on dealing with the widespread foreboding about climate chaos, societal collapse, and ecological ‘doom’, I didn’t imagine how...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 6, 2019 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Economics, Favourite posts, Featured, Philosophy
As awareness spreads of the ecocidal consequences of our civilisation, I increasingly hear opinions to the effect that humanity is nothing but a plague, a parasite. A virus with shoes...
It can even lead to the opinion (frequently expressed by those in favour of burying our heads in the sand) that people concerned about humanity's impacts should do the world a favour and kill themselves. Indeed, as this hypothesis continues to spread, I don't doubt that it has contributed to actual suicides.
So it seems worth highlighting that it isn't true.
by Shaun Chamberlin | Apr 5, 2019 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Philosophy, Politics
Sometimes, like Kant, I’m moved to write by reading something I so profoundly disagree with. Tonight, curiously, I’m moved by a wish for a little less disagreement. Reading Jeremy Lent’s excellent post What Will You Say To Your Grandchildren? and...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 18, 2018 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Out and about, Politics
I got arrested for the first time in my life this week. And I’m proud of it. As long-time followers of this blog know, over the past 13 years I’ve tried everything I know to get our society to change its omnicidal course. I’ve written books,...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Feb 18, 2017 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Reviews and recommendations
Because why not? I have a passion for tracking down that elusive rarity — songs that speak to our times of ecological collapse and don’t suck! And thanks to several Dark Optimism readers, my collection’s growing, from a wide range of genres. Back in 2011,...
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