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A post-doom conversation, with Michael Dowd

A post-doom conversation, with Michael Dowd

by Shaun Chamberlin | Aug 22, 2019 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, David Fleming

When the bestselling theologian Reverend Michael Dowd invited me to open his ‘Post-Doom’ series of interviews on dealing with the widespread foreboding about climate chaos, societal collapse, and ecological ‘doom’, I didn’t imagine how...
Why I’m Rebelling against Extinction (wait, should that really need explaining..?)

Why I’m Rebelling against Extinction (wait, should that really need explaining..?)

by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 18, 2018 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Out and about, Politics

I got arrested for the first time in my life this week. And I’m proud of it. As long-time followers of this blog know, over the past 13 years I’ve tried everything I know to get our society to change its omnicidal course. I’ve written books,...
Forthcoming (and past) events

Forthcoming (and past) events

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 7, 2016 | All Posts, David Fleming, Lean Logic, Surviving the Future

Forthcoming public events     Fri 29th November 2020 ‘David Fleming: 10 Years on, Celebrating His Legacy’ A programme of online events to mark the 10th anniversary of David Fleming’s death. Schedule and details to follow.  In the meantime,...
Interview on grief, Dark Optimism, aliveness and activism

Interview on grief, Dark Optimism, aliveness and activism

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 21, 2014 | 21st December, All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Out and about, Philosophy

This is an excerpt from a longer video interview Rhonda Fabian conducted with Shaun Chamberlin at the opening of the New Story Summit in Findhorn, Scotland. Part of a Findhorn Foundation documentary initiative. Transcript originally published in the Kosmos Journal....
Of grief

Of grief

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 21, 2012 | 21st December, All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Philosophy, Transition Movement

Let me tell you a story. It’s a story about our land — our home — and our ability to live peaceful, harmonious, respectful lives upon it and in partnership with it. And it’s a story about the big bad political structures and corporate institutions that conspire to...
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