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The Guardians of Life

by Shrishtee Bajpai 01.03.23

The Fungus Among Us

by Anneka Williams 22.02.23

Eight Fires – A call for submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 24

by The Editors 08.02.23

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I Want a Better Catastrophe

Andrew Boyd

15th February, 2023

Today activist and writer Andrew Boyd introduces his new book, 'I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor', which is published this month.

Book Reviews Dark Thoughts

Gustavo Esteva and Dougald Hine, Oaxaca, 2011 (photo: Performing Pictures). From Issue 4.

Today Dark Mountain co-founder Dougald Hine introduces his new book, 'At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies, which he begins to tour in the UK this month.

Conversations Dark Thoughts

We Are Where We Are

kevin Maccabe

25th January, 2023

Our final archive post is an allegorical tale by Kevin MacCabe, chosen by Dark Mountain writer and editor Eric Robertson, from the spring 2019 issue responding to the 'age of fire'.

From Our Books From the Archive Issue 15

From the Darkness

Sara Jolena Wolcott M.Div

18th January, 2023

Becoming Human From the Archive Issue 12: SANCTUM

The Loss of Function

Andrea Hejlskov

11th January, 2023

Second post in our new year archive series is a forest encounter with the ancestors by Danish mythteller Andrea Hejlskov, chosen by Dark Mountain artist and maker Caroline Ross. From Issue 9.

From Our Books From the Archive Issue 9

Book Club for Issue 22: Ark

Online discussion with readers of Dark Mountain

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From Our Latest Book

Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK

The Editors

17th October, 2022

Now out! The Autumn 2022 all-colour special issue takes the shape of an ARK with a cargo of testimonies, stories and artwork gleaned after the flood

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Keepers of the Spring

Caroline Ross

20th October, 2022

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Kōrero

Siana Fitzjohn

19th October, 2022

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Featured Mountaineer

The Paths That Are Still Open

1st February, 2023

Walking in the Void

1st April, 2021

The Vital Compass

23rd December, 2020

Riders on the Wolf

30th September, 2020

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Dougald Hine

is co-author of the Dark Mountain manifesto and was at the core of the project for a decade. Originally from the northeast of England, he now lives in central Sweden. He co-hosts The Great Humbling podcast and is slowly creating a school called HOME. His new book At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies is published in February 2023.

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Of Earth and Empire

‘It’s not where you come from that matters, but how you live in a place.’ We look at what it takes for modern deracinated peoples to ‘return’ home to the Earth: to resist the destructive forces of Empire and regain a primary relationship with the wild world.

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Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK

Our full-colour Autumn 2022 edition is an ARK carrying a cargo of testimonies, stories and artwork gleaned after the flood

Dark Mountain

Latest posts

I Want a Better Catastrophe

The Paths That Are Still Open

We Are Where We Are

From the Darkness

The Loss of Function

Book Club for Issue 22: Ark

From Our Latest Book

Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK

Keepers of the Spring

Kōrero

Featured Mountaineer

The Paths That Are Still Open

Walking in the Void

The Vital Compass

Riders on the Wolf

Dougald Hine

Featured Section

Of Earth and Empire

The Guardians of Life

All This

What Use is Art?

Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK