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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...
Land, and the army marching to claim it, in the UK and around the world

Land, and the army marching to claim it, in the UK and around the world

by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 20, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Favourite posts, Politics, The right to land

The right to access land matters, in a fundamental way. It is a place to live, a source for food, for water, for fuel, and for sustenance of almost every kind. And land management also has profound impacts on our ecosystems and environment, and thus on our well-being...
Transition Money

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...
All Party Parliamentary TEQs report – rationing, not carbon trading

All Party Parliamentary TEQs report – rationing, not carbon trading

by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 14, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

As the evidence for the utter inapplicability of free market carbon trading to our climate emergency continues to pile up, interest continues to grow in the less PR-friendly alternative — the rationing of carbon-rated energy. Yesterday, the UK Government’s All...

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