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Radio Ecoshock interview

Radio Ecoshock interview

by Shaun Chamberlin | Mar 28, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, 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 Above is a 24 minute interview I did last week with Canada’s excellent Radio Ecoshock. The full 60 minute show can be heard here. Dark Optimism readers may also...
Applied Philosophy

Applied Philosophy

by Shaun Chamberlin | Feb 23, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Philosophy, The Transition Timeline

Below the cut is the text of my latest article for the highly-recommended Resurgence magazine. They asked me to tell the story of my own personal journey thus far, and how I ended up doing what I do. Thanks to Resurgence for permission to reproduce it here (and on my...
Heroes and villains in Copenhagen, and beyond

Heroes and villains in Copenhagen, and beyond

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 5, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Politics

“Tell everybody waitin’ for SupermanThat they should try to hold on, best they can   He hasn’t dropped them,Forgot them,Or anything, It’s just too heavy for Superman to lift”   ~ The Flaming Lips   We’ve all seen...
Carbon Offsetting, what’s it really about?

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...
Rituals for Lover Earth

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...
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