David Fleming (writer)
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David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was an English economist, cultural historian and writer on environmental issues, based in London.
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Born | (1940-01-02)2 January 1940 Chiddingfold, Surrey, England |
Died | 29 November 2010(2010-11-29) (aged 70) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Oxford (Trinity College) and Birkbeck |
He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs system, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association.[1][2][3][4][5]
Alongside these roles, his wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, Lean Logic and Surviving the Future (published posthumously in 2016). A feature film about his perspective and legacy, The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?, was released in 2020, directed by Peter William Armstrong.[6][7][8]