Learning Carefully from the Sea
Brett Bloom
26th April, 2016
In these workshops in Finland we explored various kinds of exercises together and then discussed...
Wild Words
Bristlecone Pine by Eric Utne from his essay, Visonfast (Issue 7)
Dark Mountain started with a manifesto calling for ‘uncivilised’ writing to push the boundaries of established and accepted literary forms and reflect the realities of our times more honestly.
If the world is in need of rewilding, this extends beyond the outer landscapes and into our domesticated souls. The writers in this section go looking for wildness with their words.
Doug Tompkins Remembered
Paul Kingsnorth
16th December, 2015
Between them, Doug and Kris Tompkins spent the last 25 years working on one of...
Dancing the Cailleach
Charlotte Du Cann
2nd December, 2015
I am holding a copy of the Eastern Daily Press where the story has just...
Our Footprints on the Earth
Ilira Walker
5th August, 2015
I began working in the environmental movement in the late ’90s, and spent many years...
Fàd a’ Chaorain
Dougie Strang
29th July, 2015
I became disorientated, clinging to my seat while at the same time floundering out on...
Rivershift
Tim Fox
6th April, 2015
This mightiest of rivers was born from the collapse of the glacial dam that had...
Sea Siege
Terry Gifford
23rd March, 2015
England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious...
Big Agnes Ascent
Kevin Obsatz
16th February, 2015
In the film studio the apparatus has penetrated so deeply into reality that a pure...
On Wildness and Carbon
David McKay
28th May, 2012
The march of wind turbines across the land has been ongoing for some time,...
In Patagonia: Part 2
Paul Kingsnorth
26th January, 2012
I’m currently reading Gary Snyder’s book of essays The Practice of the Wild. Snyder is...