Dr. David Fleming was the Founder Director of the Lean Economy Connection, who passed away unexpectedly on the 29th November 2010.

He was an independent writer in the fields of energy, environment, economics, society and culture and first published the system of TEQs (formerly Domestic Tradable Quotas - DTQs) in 1996. The wider context of our times is addressed in his book Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It, which was published posthumously on the 7th July 2011.

David will be sadly missed by all who worked with him. His obituaries, and the various online tributes paid to him and his work have been collected here.

Shaun Chamberlin is our TEQs Development Director, as well as a specialist in climate change and the energy peak.

He is a member of DECC's Personal Carbon Allowances Advisory Group and is heavily involved with the
Transition Towns movement, with his first book, The Transition Timeline, published in 2009. His wider work is discussed at his own Dark Optimism site. He is also the webmaster of our site. To contact Shaun, click here.

Beth Stratford was the editor for David Fleming's book Lean Logic.

Outside Lean Logic, she is a film-maker and climate change activist. Since studying Politics at Cambridge, she has directed the viral hit Cheat Neutral, produced a series of short films for Channel 4's Iraq War season, and worked for a year on The Age of Stupid. To contact Beth, click here.

Jennifer O'Brien was a researcher for David Fleming's Lean Logic.

Jen has several years practical experience embedding Lean in industry and is currently completing her MSc thesis "Could Lean thinking be useful to empower UK environmental community groups?" at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT). To contact Jen, click here.

Beth Barton was a researcher for the final stages of David Fleming's Lean Logic, and managed the process of bringing the book to publication after his death.

Beth has degrees in Anthropology from Durham and the University of London. After some years of teaching in London, she has switched her career into the field of green futures.