Who Stands With the Bears?
Tom Smith
25th May, 2020
Beyond environmentalist criticism of the documentary 'Planet of the Humans' Tom Smith argues, there is a deeper message about the renewable energy industry that merits our attention.
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How Green is My Forest
Suprabha Seshan
21st May, 2020
Today from our Under the Canopy section, conservationist and writer Suprabha Seshan takes us into the 'zillion-beinged' forest of the Western Ghats. With paintings by Meena Subramaniam
Dispatches from a Stricken World II
Juhi Saklani and Tom Smith
18th May, 2020
This week in the second 'palimpsest' of short pieces for our Outbreak series, Juhi Saklani watches the birds in India; Tom Smith watches history repeat itself in the Czech Republic.
What’s Possible
Akshay Ahuja
14th May, 2020
Akshay Ahuja interviews the writer and activist, Charles Eisenstein about how we might navigate a radical shift in our inner and outer worlds.
The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States
Charles Hugh Smith
11th May, 2020
Continuing our Outbreak series of reflections on the pandemic with a story by Charles Hugh Smith on in fostering community and flexibility in times of turmoil (from Issue 2)
Dark Mountain: Issue 17
The Spring 2020 issue brings together essays. stories, poetry and artwork creating a new culture of restoration.
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The Editors
15th April, 2020
Welcome to our new spring collection of writing and art based on restoration and renewal
Animals on the Eve of Extinction
Jennifer Case
18th April, 2020
From our just published new book, Issue 17, a non-fiction litany and praise song by Jennifer Case, with artwork by Meridel Rubenstein.
The Thing I Most Want to Remember
Nickole Brown and Monika Kostera
23rd April, 2020
Today from our new collection, we bring you two poems of celebration and lament by Nikole Brown and Monika Kostera, with artwork by Jordan Tierney
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Outbreak
As human societies find themselves gripped in the claws of a pandemic, we encounter a cultural crisis which Dark Mountain has been documenting for over a decade. Outbreak is a series of essays and short stories reflecting on the global event and its aftershocks.
Dispatches from a Stricken World III
1st June, 2020
Dispatches from a Stricken World II
18th May, 2020
The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States
11th May, 2020
Dark Mountain: Issue 17
The Spring 2020 issue brings together essays. stories, poetry and artwork creating a new culture of restoration.