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...

Transition Heathrow next week – see you there?

by Shaun Chamberlin | May 2, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Transition Movement

I’ll be heading down to Transition Heathrow from this Monday 7th May – Sunday 13th May to help them in the building of a new community longhouse from reclaimed materials. It should be great fun, a real education, and a chance to contribute to a Transition...

Robin Bank – an invitation to mass civil disobedience

by Shaun Chamberlin | Apr 2, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Philosophy, Politics

My hero Enric Duran (AKA Robin Bank) has posted a new video explaining his legal situation and inviting others to join his radical action against the banks. For those who haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend watching his inspiring 2008 video first:    ...

My foreword for “The Future We Deserve” – out now

by Shaun Chamberlin | Mar 3, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Reviews and recommendations

Untitled piece by Maria Elvorith (from the cover of TheFWD)The Future We Deserve, a collaborative book project edited by Vinay Gupta, Cat Lupton and Noah Raford, is available today. It can be read in full, downloaded or bought in hard copy here. I contributed one of...

Untitled, 2010

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 21, 2011 | 21st December, All Posts, Cultural stories, Reviews and recommendations

David Buckland, text Amy Balkin, ‘Going to hell on a handcart.’, Ice Art “Untitled, 2010” was written by artist Maria Elvorith for The Future We Deserve, a book project about collaboratively creating the future we deserve, set for publication in January...

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...