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Ibid. Editor’s note: David Fleming’s former colleague Lawrence Woodward offers the following comment: Since David’s death in 2010 the problem of herbicide-tolerant “superweeds” has increased dramatically in GM crops. In the United States at least 14 new glyphosate-resistant weed species have emerged since 1995 and over half of US farms are plagued with herbicide-resistant weeds as a result of GM cropping. See, e.g., Doug Gurian-Sherman and Margaret Mellon, “The Rise of Superweeds—and What to Do About It”, Union of Concerned Scientists, December 2013.

David Fleming
Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, 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. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired the 2020 launches of both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and Sterling College's unique 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online courses. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!

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