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The third Dark Mountain Festival will take place again at the Sustainability Centre in Hampshire. It will build on the success of the 2011 event, but offer up a few changes too. See this blog for a few more details. Tickets on sale in the new year. Save the date!See More

I've been out of London and not around to host meetups this autumn, but it would be lovely to see people for an (early) Midwinter meetup in December.We've got the upstairs room at the Three Kings in Clerkenwell booked for the night. It's a bit cosier than our previous haunt at the Royal Festival Hall - there's room for about twenty, so please sign up here if you're coming and let me know if you're bringing extras.Bring a Midwinter Gift to share - it could be a poem, a song, a cake or anything…See More

The second Dark Mountain festival, held in a wilder, greener, more Uncivilised venue than 2010.This year, we will have four spaces reflecting different aspects of Dark Mountain: an ideas and performance space with music, talks and theatre; a writing and storytelling space, with workshops, readings and discussions; a practical space where we can learn about existing projects and get our hands dirty; and an open space where anyone can offer a session or host a discussion.An initial list of what…See More

A group for anyone who wants to hang out with other Dark Mountain people in London. Check the events page for the next meetup!See More

I've been thinking for a while that it would be good to have a regular meetup in London which provided a crossing point for people involved with Dark Mountain, the Institute for Collapsonomics, Space Makers and other associated projects. For me, these are different aspects of the same set of questions.I'm keen on the idea of a weekly event - not because I expect the same people to come every week, but because it's the most complex repeating pattern that most of us can remember without having to…See More

Every week from now until UNCIVILISATION 2010, Dougald will be hosting a pre-festival meetup for Dark Mountainish types in London. It's a chance to meet others who are coming to the festival - and some of the guests who'll be sharing their ideas, stories and voices with us in Llangollen.Join THE UNCIVILISED for our first meetup at the Centre for Creative Collaboration in Kings Cross. We'll be joined by Briony Greenhill from…See More