Tom Smith
Tom lives in Brno in the Czech Republic. He grew up in Ireland where he was gradually seduced by ecology, anarchism, primitivism, degrowth and other ‘stories’ subversive to rampant technological civilisation. He has edited three Dark Mountain books (issues 8, 9 & 13) and an interview he conducted with Chellis Glendinning appears in Walking on Lava: Selected Works for Uncivilised Times. In 2013, his interests in practicing post-civilisation led to the co-founding of a land-based community in the west of Ireland, An Teach Saor (The Free House). Tom currently researches economic alternatives in the Department of Environmental Studies at Masaryk University.
My Posts
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.
Landscapes of Loss
Tom Smith
23rd April, 2018
Dark Mountain editor Tom Smith interviews author and geographer Alastair Bonnett about nostalgia in an age of ecocide.
Of Pond Brains and Humanity 2.0
Tom Smith
30th March, 2016
If thou shouldst plant these things in thy firm understanding and contemplate them with good...
Of Pond Brains and Humanity 2.0 Part I: Theoteknosis
Tom Smith
27th January, 2016
The Ark is envisioned to take the form of a ball of genetically-engineered soil, an...
Beyond the Life of the Sun: ecomodernism and its discontents
Tom Smith
25th November, 2015
Part I: Introduction Retreat from our predicament is not an option. We must push through...
