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Celebrating the life of Dr. David Fleming.

Last night at Schumacher College, Shaun Chamberlin presented an event celebrating the life of Dr. David Fleming and the publication of his books Lean Logic: a dictionary for the future and how to survive it, and Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy.

Mallorca: Island of Possibilities

Mallorca, until 30 years ago, was what you might think of as a ‘Transition Island’. Largely self-sufficient in food, this beautiful place, the largest of the Balearic islands, with its 5 distinct bioregions, features lemon trees, vineyards, avocadoes, olives and enough similar delicious tree-based produce to leave this

A flying (‘training’?) visit to Barcelona

I’ve never been to Barcelona before and I had wanted to visit the city for many years. So imagine how frustrating it was to only be able to visit this beautiful city for about 9 hours! I had a great time, met some great people, and saw some beautiful

When bottom-up action takes its place at the table.

Last week I was in Brussels at the invitation of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The EESC is an extraordinary group which is part of the EU institutions: it gives advice on policy issues and new legislation to the European Parliament, Council and Commission. On October 5th they

Docteur Who? A dazzling day in Namur.

Regular readers will recall that I visited Namur in Belgium a couple of years ago, and gave a sold-out-weeks-in-advance talk at the University which I will always remember as one of the loveliest and most delightful I’ve ever done. I was invited back, as a

Rob Hopkins’ Foreword for David Fleming’s ‘Surviving the Future’

I’m delighted to be able to share the Foreword I wrote for David Fleming’s book ‘Surviving the Future’, which was selected and edited by the wonderful Shaun Chamberlin. Released as a pair with Fleming’s seminal ‘Lean Logic: a dictionary for the future and how to survive it‘

Falling into Place: action points from the Transitionese project

As we work on collaborative, creative processes, what often seems to happen is that, rather than have a plan, we feel our way through, listen, interact, and then suddenly, somehow, things fall into place. And that is more or less how I felt this week as I cut-and-pasted