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Realists of a larger reality

Realists of a larger reality

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 18, 2019 | 21st December, All Posts, Cultural stories, David Fleming, Economics, Favourite posts, Featured, Lean Logic, Surviving the Future, The Sequel

In 2014 Ursula K. Le Guin accepted the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters with a deliciously powerful speech. Aware that her time was nearing its end, she declared that her “beautiful reward” was accepted on behalf of, and shared with...
Community, Place and Play: A Post-Market Economics

Community, Place and Play: A Post-Market Economics

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 26, 2017 | All Posts, Cultural stories, David Fleming, Lean Logic, Philosophy, Surviving the Future, Transition Movement

In a couple of weeks (Feb 6-10) I’ll be leading a week-long course at Schumacher College based on David Fleming’s legacy: Community, Place and Play: A Post-Market Economics. It will be an exploration of what ‘life well lived’ looks like in a...
Happy birthday Transition Heathrow!

Happy birthday Transition Heathrow!

by Shaun Chamberlin | Mar 1, 2011 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Transition Movement

Now here’s a video to lift your soul and make your day, celebrating the first birthday of the ever-more wonderful Transition Heathrow. As discussed here last year, the site is not safe from the authorities, but it has now got an assured future until November at...
Stoneleigh’s peak oil/finance talk at the Transition Conference

Stoneleigh’s peak oil/finance talk at the Transition Conference

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jun 15, 2010 | All Posts, Economics, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Transition Movement

This post was originally written by me as a guest post for Rob Hopkins’ Transition Culture blog, but I have kindly given myself permission to reproduce it here 😉 So here I am. I fully intended to be giving the England match my full attention right now, but...
Transcript of Radio Ecoshock interview

Transcript of Radio Ecoshock interview

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jun 9, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas), The Transition Timeline, Transition Movement

https://www.darkoptimism.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/10-03-26-Radio-EcoShock_Chamberlin_LoFi.mp3 Christopher Fraser of London Transition has kindly transcribed the above popular interview with Canada’s Radio Ecoshock that I posted a couple of months back....
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