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As we move into 2021 under yet another lockdown, I'll be cheering myself up by leading the next run of 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' (course now full and enrolments closed), connecting and plotting with 100 people committed to making our future a better place. Many talk as thoug...

"The essential problem is easily stated: there is a rift in realism. Realism about the findings of climate science demands dramatic and immediate emissions reductions if we are to avoid catastrophic destabilization of the global climate ... Yet present political reality in these countries says...

Lead authoring that paper was for me an expression of admitting to myself that I couldn't heal that rift in realism. Well done for accepting that. I remember arguing against you for this very reason. I could never see how you'd involve the whole population in what is quite a complex, technocratic s...

Imo it wasn't anything that could ever have been sold to the public. Unfortunately I think there is a large gap between anything that effectively addresses climate change and/or resource scarcity and 'could ever have been sold to the public'. Hence we will experience significant problems associated...

On Monday 6th April 2020, Sterling College will begin their 8 week online course 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time', marking the start of their new multi-year $1.5m EcoGather program. Enrolments are now open. This follows the 16th March announcement event, which also launched feature...

A bumper edition of news on TEQs creator David Fleming's legacy. With sales of his posthumous books now in the tens of thousands, The Guardian profiles a U.S. city that has taken his work to heart, early reviews of the new Fleming film The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (launchi...

22. Campaign for the introduction of TEQs/C&S I think that would be an opening for usuerers to make money at everyone elses expense. 22.5 Legislate that TEQs can only be sold at normal open market prices? Whatever, it’s not a reason to not implement them. No need - that's already how TEQs wor...

A particularly exciting edition of news on David Fleming's legacy. Includes full footage of the debate on TEQs at the European Parliament, philanthropist Peter Buffett's new weekly radio show discussing Fleming's posthumous Surviving the Future , 4.5m views for the tasters from the now-complete film...

A bumper edition of news on David Fleming's legacy from the past few months. Including details of the newly launched audiobook of Surviving the Future , the first screening of the film The Seed Beneath the Snow , possibilities for free books, a forthcoming Sterling College course on Fleming's work i...

Tasters of the film (which have now had over 2.5m views!), details of the events to mark the 7th anniversary of David Fleming's death on 29th November, and all else developing around Fleming's work available here . Latest reviews for his posthumous books: "A combination of wit and wisdom that o...

Details of the film and all else developing around Fleming's work available here . Including forthcoming events in the UK and US, news of a Spanish translation of his now award-winning books, reading groups from Ireland to Malaysia, a nice plug in an excellent piece from Richard Heinberg, and the la...

Click here for a summary of the latest exciting developments around David Fleming's books - including a forthcoming piece in The Guardian , a possible film, U.S. symposia, footage of Jonathon Porritt at Oxford University and, er, David Fleming's starchart!! Also includes snippets from latest review...

My interview with Chris Martenson (Crash Course/Peak Prosperity) just went live: https://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/105614/shaun-chamberlin-surviving-aftermath-market-economy And I'll be leading a week-long course on David Fleming's work at Schumacher College next month: https://www.schumacherco...

Lean Logic named in the Times Higher Education Books of the Year 2016, among many many other glowing reviews, still pouring in

And for emordnilap, more footage of David available here.

It looks as though his work is finally having the impact he hoped.

Snippets from the glowing reviews of Fleming's posthumous books: " Compelling in ways you do not expect ... I'm a sucker for beautiful books, and Lean Logic is a beautiful book ... The Lean Economy is exactly what we need. I couldn't be more certain of anything ... Garnering all sorts of critic...