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...

TTK’s Great Unleashing / Big Launch Party

by Shaun Chamberlin | Apr 20, 2010 | All Posts, Favourite posts, Transition Movement

So the big day finally came and went, and glorious it was too. I’m still smiling from the wonderful energy of it all. Pause a moment to take in the brilliance of the TTK cake (TT Kake?) before clicking through to a peek at the many-splendoured event itself,...

Debate at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre

by Shaun Chamberlin | Feb 17, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas), The Transition Timeline

I’ve just been sent this footage from a debate on carbon trading and offsetting I took part in at the Cheat Neutral event at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre. As will be obvious, this all took place in December, just prior to the Copenhagen conference....

Which three technologies would you take with you into a lower energy future?

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 31, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Transition Movement

So here it is – this first video contains the final proof that all Transitioners (me included) have been brainwashed to think alike! Two other vids – and an explanation of where they all came from – below. Transition: What’s that all about...

Punk rock and permaculture

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 18, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Philosophy, Politics, Reviews and recommendations

I just stumbled across this documentary (English with Dutch subtitles) following the story of the 70s/80s punk band Crass. They are still living wholeheartedly by their Do It Yourself ethos and “There is no authority but yourself” philosophy. A recommended...