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David Attenborough on global population

David Attenborough on global population

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 14, 2009 | All Posts, Reviews and recommendations

I recommend David Attenborough’s excellent documentary How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?, which can be viewed on BBC iPlayer here for the next four days on YouTube here. He observes that the human population has increased from 2.5 billion to nearly 7...
Interactive Carbon IQ Test, and real climate change solutions

Interactive Carbon IQ Test, and real climate change solutions

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 7, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Favourite posts, Peak Oil

The above ‘Carbon IQ test’ is an excellent way of exploring how much you know about the carbon cycle, and what that means for viable solutions to our climate challenge. Have a go at it before checking out the information...
Carbon Offsetting, what’s it really about?

Carbon Offsetting, what’s it really about?

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 1, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts

Off the back of taking part in CheatNeutral’s spoof chat show ‘Going Neutral’ at the Science Museum, this feels like the perfect time to take a look at the concept of carbon offsetting, the most recognised example of which is the planting of trees to...
The Story of Cap and Trade

The Story of Cap and Trade

by Shaun Chamberlin | Dec 1, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Politics, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

      The Story of Cap & Trade is the second offering from the project that brought us The Story of Stuff. In this ten minute video, host Annie Leonard presents an excellent, clearly explained look at some of the devil in the detail of Cap &...
The final word – Al Gore debates climate sceptic Monckton

The final word – Al Gore debates climate sceptic Monckton

by Shaun Chamberlin | Nov 25, 2009 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Philosophy

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Rituals for Lover Earth

Rituals for Lover Earth

by Shaun Chamberlin | Oct 16, 2009 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Philosophy, Politics

This is Dark Optimism’s first ever guest post. The below article was originally published a week ago by Charles Eisenstein, on the Reality Sandwich web magazine. It blew me away, exploring the themes of cultural stories and definitions of self that will be...
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