Shaun Chamberlin

Shaun Chamberlin has been involved with the Transition Network since its inception and is the co-founder of Transition Town Kingston.

His first book, The Transition Timeline, was published in 2009, and he was delighted to be voted Kingston's 'Green Champion' by his local council and newspaper in 2010. His prize - an apple tree - sits in pride of place in his front garden and produces the best apples anyone's ever tasted!

Since founding darkOptimism in 2007, he has been a regular speaker at Transition communities and delivered presentations for the likes of the UK and Scottish Parliaments, the European Commission and the London School of Economics.

Specialising in the neglected interactions between climate change and peak oil, his articles have found homes ranging from online think tank The Oil Drum to Resurgence magazine, while he has also co-authored an All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil report, edited booklets on carbon rationing and nuclear power, and acted as both an advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and an academic peer reviewer for the Climate Policy journal.

He also now sits on the Council of the campaigning organisation World Development Movement, of which he is a long-standing member.