Heinberg – after Copenhagen

by Shaun Chamberlin | Mar 15, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Peak Oil, Politics, Reviews and recommendations, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas)

See below for an interview with the ever-insightful Richard Heinberg, discussing where we should put our efforts in the aftermath of the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit. It is well worth a watch, and you might want to consider spreading it to your contacts...

Applied Philosophy

by Shaun Chamberlin | Feb 23, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Peak Oil, Philosophy, The Transition Timeline

Below the cut is the text of my latest article for the highly-recommended Resurgence magazine. They asked me to tell the story of my own personal journey thus far, and how I ended up doing what I do. Thanks to Resurgence for permission to reproduce it here (and on my...

Debate at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre

by Shaun Chamberlin | Feb 17, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, TEQs (Tradable Energy Quotas), The Transition Timeline

I’ve just been sent this footage from a debate on carbon trading and offsetting I took part in at the Cheat Neutral event at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre. As will be obvious, this all took place in December, just prior to the Copenhagen conference....

Which three technologies would you take with you into a lower energy future?

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 31, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Transition Movement

So here it is – this first video contains the final proof that all Transitioners (me included) have been brainwashed to think alike! Two other vids – and an explanation of where they all came from – below. Transition: What’s that all about...

Punk rock and permaculture

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 18, 2010 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Philosophy, Politics, Reviews and recommendations

I just stumbled across this documentary (English with Dutch subtitles) following the story of the 70s/80s punk band Crass. They are still living wholeheartedly by their Do It Yourself ethos and “There is no authority but yourself” philosophy. A recommended...

Heroes and villains in Copenhagen, and beyond

by Shaun Chamberlin | Jan 5, 2010 | All Posts, Climate Change, Cultural stories, Favourite posts, Politics

“Tell everybody waitin’ for SupermanThat they should try to hold on, best they can   He hasn’t dropped them,Forgot them,Or anything, It’s just too heavy for Superman to lift”   ~ The Flaming Lips   We’ve all seen...