by Shaun Chamberlin | Sep 20, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Politics, Reviews and recommendations, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas), Transition Movement
Out today from Pluto Press is What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto – a book to which I was delighted to contribute. My chapter, “The Struggle for Meaning”, wraps up the section on ‘New Economics’ and addresses our...
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...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Mar 30, 2011 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Politics, Reviews and recommendations
Robert Foster’s brilliant Rap News makes it onto Dark Optimism for the second time, with a comment on recent events featuring the likes of Hugo Chavez, Glenn Beck, Bono (“Tell China to end first world debt”) and John Pilger, as well as footage from...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 4, 2010 | All Posts, Uncategorized
Despite my serious misgivings about Facebook and the way it is run, I have decided to bow to popular pressure and trial a Dark Optimism Facebook page. While my Twitter feed has proved a useful tool, whether or not I retain the Facebook page will depend on its...
by Shaun Chamberlin | Jul 7, 2010 | All Posts, Peak Oil, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)
The slides and audio are now available from the seminar David Fleming and I gave at the London School of Economics last week. The topic was “Transition Towns and Tradable Energy Quotas: Frameworks to support a diversity of small-scale solutions to the...
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