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‘The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?’  March 16th launch

‘The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?’ March 16th launch

by Shaun Chamberlin | Feb 22, 2020 | All Posts, David Fleming, Out and about, Surviving the Future, The Sequel

The below image is taken from my latest newsletter. Tickets are now on sale (and going fast!) for the launch of our film The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?, with guests Caroline Lucas MP, Kate Raworth and Rob Hopkins joining me and the...
David Fleming film complete!  The European Parliament discuss his work + audiobook going out via online radio

David Fleming film complete! The European Parliament discuss his work + audiobook going out via online radio

by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 13, 2018 | All Posts, David Fleming, Lean Logic, Surviving the Future

The above is a screenshot from my most exciting update yet on all that’s afoot around David Fleming’s award-winning books and wider legacy! Including details of the initial exclusive film launch, discussion of the TEQs system he invented at the European...
Interview on David Fleming, music and hippos!

Interview on David Fleming, music and hippos!

by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 21, 2016 | All Posts, David Fleming, Economics, Lean Logic, Reviews and recommendations, Surviving the Future, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

Last week the wonderful Brianne Goodspeed of Chelsea Green Publishing interviewed me on my late mentor David Fleming and the astonishing gift he left to the world. His sudden death in 2010 left behind his great unpublished work—Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future...
Fee and Dividend or TEQs?  In the aftermath of Paris COP21, what *should* effective climate policy look like?

Fee and Dividend or TEQs? In the aftermath of Paris COP21, what *should* effective climate policy look like?

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 21, 2015 | All Posts, Climate Change, Economics, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

We just sent out our Fleming Policy Centre newsletter, with reflections on the Paris climate summit.  Bottom line: it’s not good. In the words of the author Naomi Klein, “Our leaders have shown themselves willing to set our world on fire.” Meanwhile,...
The Dangers of Carbon Pricing, and the Canny Way Forward

The Dangers of Carbon Pricing, and the Canny Way Forward

by Shaun Chamberlin | May 29, 2015 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Economics, Out and about, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas), Transition Movement

Lately we’ve seen the president of the World Bank and ‘business leaders from the very carbon-intensive industries’ pushing for carbon pricing (taxes or ‘carbon trading’ schemes). This is intended to demonstrate their deep change of heart...
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