David Fleming (writer)
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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Fleming giving a talk in a tent at the 2009 Climate Camp protest in Blackheath, London, UK. | |
| Born | 2 January 1940 Chiddingfold, Surrey, England |
| Died | 29 November 2010 (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.
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.