We intend to challenge the stories which underpin our civilisation: the myth of progress, the myth of human centrality, and the myth of our separation from ‘nature’.

— Uncivilisation: The Dark Mountain Manifesto

Image by Juhi Saklani

Dark Mountain

The First Tree
by Jesse Miles 14.11.18
De-composure
by Judith Haran 08.11.18
London launch for Dark Mountain: Issue 14 – TERRA
by The Editors 15.11.18

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Dark Mountain: Issue 14 TERRA

The Autumn 2018 issue is a collection of prose, photography and printwork about journeys, place and belonging
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From Our Books

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Landscapes of Loss

23rd April, 2018

Autonomous Nature

22nd August, 2016

Of Pond Brains and Humanity 2.0

30th March, 2016

Of Pond Brains and Humanity 2.0 Part I: Theoteknosis

27th January, 2016
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Tom Smith

has edited and contributed to numerous Dark Mountain books. In 2013, he co-founded An Teach Saor, a land-based community in the west of Ireland. He currently researches economic alternatives in the Department of Environmental Studies at Masaryk University.

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Under the Canopy

An invitation for writers and artists to explore the effects trees have on us, from the branches that spread above our heads to the roots beneath our feet.

The First Tree

By Jesse Miles
14th November, 2018

Beech Bark Book

By William Bock
10th October, 2018

An Arboreal Language

By Juhi Saklani
5th October, 2018
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Dark Mountain: Issue 14 TERRA

The Autumn 2018 issue is a collection of prose, photography and printwork about journeys, place and belonging

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