Dark Optimism: Shaun Chamberlin
Since 2005 Shaun has devoted himself to exploring the dominant cultural stories and 'myths' that chart the course for our society and, in particular, how we might change direction before we end up where we are headed. His efforts have been covered across the UK press, including by the BBC, Guardian, Sunday Times, Independent and Daily Express, as well as internationally by Time magazine, Bloomberg News and the Financial Times.
Shaun is managing director of the Fleming Policy Centre, and has been involved with the Transition Network since its inception. His proudest achievement is having shepherded the late David Fleming's extraordinary, award-winning Lean Logic and Surviving the Future to posthumous publication.
Shaun’s writing roams across social, political and spiritual themes, as well as popular explanations of climate, energy and ecological issues, and has found homes from online platforms openDemocracy, The Oil Drum and The Huffington Post to print magazines such as Tikkun, The Ecologist, STIR, Kosmos and Resurgence, as well as academic publications such as the Solutions and Carbon Management peer-reviewed journals (including the most-read paper in the history of the latter).
Shaun has also edited or contributed chapters to a diverse collection of books, from Grow Small, Think Beautiful (Floris Books), The Future We Deserve (PediaPress) and Low Impact Living Communities (Diggers & Dreamers) to What We Are Fighting For (Pluto Press), The Moneyless Manifesto (Permanent Publications) and two Dark Mountain books.