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London DM Midwinter Meetup at The Three Kings, Clerkenwell

December 8, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm
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
Oct 31, 2011
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Uncivilisation 2012 at Sustainability Centre

August 17, 2012 at 6pm to August 19, 2012 at 10pm
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
Sep 22, 2011
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Dark Mountain London meetup at 5th Floor, Royal Festival Hall

September 7, 2011 from 5:30pm to 8pm
If you'd like to rekindle the spirit of this year's festival - or if you missed it, but want to meet some of us who were there - join us for the first London meet-up of the autumn.We've been meeting (slightly sporadically) on the fifth floor of the Royal Festival Hall. It has the advantage of a fine view over the Thames and a relaxed attitude to whether or not you choose to spend any money at their bar. It's not the most uncivilised or hospitable of environments, though, so it's probably time…See More
Sep 4, 2011
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Aug 24, 2011
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Uncivilisation 2011: the Dark Mountain Festival at The Sustainability Centre

August 19, 2011 at 6pm to August 21, 2011 at 5pm
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
Jun 11, 2011
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Education for Uncertain Futures at the RSA at The RSA House

June 20, 2011 from 6pm to 7:15pm
I'm going to be talking about the future of education in a world of uncertainty and disruption, as part of an event at the RSA in London this month.It will be the first time I've spoken publicly about the plans for a new kind of university which I've been working on with friends over the past few months. From September, we'll have a large space in central London to put this into practice.The event is…See More
Jun 9, 2011
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Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Luddite Uprisings: Technology Politics Then and Now at Feminist Library meeting room

June 8, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
In 1811-12 artisan cloth workers in the Midlands and North of England rose up against factory owners who were imposing new machines and putting them out of work.  Since the 1950s the Luddites have been painted as fools opposed to all technology and progress, but in fact the Luddites were very selective in their attacks, breaking only machines they thought were 'hurtful to Commonality'.What can the Luddites teach us about the ongoing use of technology to replace workers’ jobs, as well as issues…See More
Jun 7, 2011
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London Dark Mountain meetup

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
Nov 10, 2010
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London meetup at the Royal Festival Hall at 5th Floor Balcony, the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank

September 8, 2010 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
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
Sep 6, 2010
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London Permaculture Festival at Cecil Sharp House

August 22, 2010 from 11am to 11pm
We'll be hosting a Dark Mountain event as part of this summer's London Permaculture Festival on Sunday 22nd August.The festival aims to bring together all groups directly or indirectly related to Permaculture and Transition in & around London to share news, information & skills: connecting together green-minded people in the city, for the first time.The London Permaculture Festival aims to inspire and inform. Packed throughout the day with back to back engaging workshops, inspiring…See More
Aug 8, 2010
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Dark Mountain mini-festival at Union Street Orchard at Union Street Orchard

August 7, 2010 from 3pm to 9pm
Join us this August for a one-day mini-festival of Dark Mountain discussions, workshops, readings and music in the Union Street Urban Orchard. This free event will be a chance to pick up where UNCIVILISATION left off and to weave other threads into the conversation.After all the talks, debates and performances in Llangollen, we're keen to open things up and make more room for the informal, the impromptu and the small scale. So we invite you to take part in an afternoon which will mix Open Space…See More
Jul 29, 2010
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Glenn "Lee" Howden left a comment for Roger Hicks
"Hi Roger, Here is an article on human behavior that you might find interesting. I did. http://www.danbartlett.co.uk/sorenson.htm"
Jun 7, 2010
Glenn "Lee" Howden left a comment for Roger Hicks
"You don't have to worry about me showing up on your doorstep. I have seen all I want to see in London. The main one being to see the Harrison chronometers at the Naval Observatory in Greenwich, and to stand on the most important arbitrary…"
Jun 2, 2010
Roger Hicks commented on james's blog post No Title
"I should have taken a look at the FORUM before posting the comment below . . ."
Jun 2, 2010
Roger Hicks commented on james's blog post No Title
"Thanks for posting these shots, giving a nice impression of the festival, which I'm pleased to hear went off very well. A pity that it hasn't thus far been reported in the national press (e.g. the Guardian), as I'd hoped it might be.…"
Jun 2, 2010
Roger Hicks left a comment for Glenn "Lee" Howden
"Hi Lee, Thanks for your feedback on how the festival went, which is just what I was hoping and soon going to get in touch and ask you for. I'm very please that it went well, which hopefully means that it will be repeated at regular intervals.…"
Jun 2, 2010

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Tell us a bit about yourself. (You don't have to share anything you don't want to, but please write something here, so we know you're not a spam robot.)
See my homepage (http://www.spaceship-earth.org), where you will also find links to my Facebook profile and blogs.
What drew you to the Dark Mountain Project?
The project reflects a view which I arrived at myself some years ago, that all approaches, thus far, to making our civilisation sustainable (as well as just and humane) are misconceived and self-delusionary.

This, I believe, is because our brains evolved to "interpret" reality, i.e. its environment, to fit in with a particular group (usually the dominant) paradigm and its own narrow and short-sighted (in the artificial environment of human society, now perverted Darwinian) self-interest (largely reduced to the pursuit and exercise of POWER).

What we lack, to overcome this, which massive taboos are currently preventing us from acquiring, is a serious Darwinian perspective of our own evolved nature and of the civilisation (power structures of state and economy) it has given rise to over the centuries, and which our brains are so adept at rationalising and keeping us in the dark about.
Do you have a blog or website you'd like to share?
http://darwinsprimeapes.blogspot.com/2009/10/western-civilization-e...

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A human-evolutionary, i.e. Darwinian, perspective

Posted on May 24, 2010 at 11:30 1 Comment

To understand our situation, we must break the great taboo and start taking both a broad and deep human-evolutionary, i.e. Darwinian, view of ourselves, of human nature and of the social, political and economic power structures it has given rise to over the centuries.


What such a perspective reveals is that so-called human "society", or "societies" (British, French, American, or whatever) is not a genuine society at all…
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At 13:56 on May 25, 2010, Glenn "Lee" Howden said…
Thanks for responding Roger Hicks. I figured a biblical quotation would elicit a comment.

I think we are basically on the same page, but we would have to spend some time synchronizing our word definitions. Also you are way more verbal than I am, and obviously a better typist.

If you decide to come to the event, I would enjoy talking with you and perhaps you could help me find a better word than meek. [In America the term meek means coward or loser.]

From the evolutionary point of view, I feel that the more humble and cooperative personality types could have an evolutionary advantage in tumultuous times we seem to be heading into.

If you decide to attend the festival, I will be easy to find because I will probably be the only 6 foot two inch old American hippy type there.

Cheers

P.S. I screwed up on my first attempt to reply to you comment. I hope this shows up in the right place.
At 12:25 on May 26, 2010, Glenn "Lee" Howden said…
Well Roger, you don't have to worry about me being better educated and more intelligent than you are, and I am a good listener. Well I have been a good listener anyway but so much of what I hear is just repetition and competitive opininionating. The listening skills are still there I hope.

I can't continue this dialog at this time because I'm am close to exhausted getting ready to go. The very idea of riding ferries and trains and buses by myself with camping gear into a country I'm not familiar with also has me a little down and apprehensive.

Anyways, I think I am following your line of reasoning and am interested in pursuing it either face to face or in this blog. I'm hoping to leave tomorrow so this might be my last comment till after the weekend, but I will check in before I leave.
At 22:10 on June 1, 2010, Glenn "Lee" Howden said…
Hi Roger, I said I would report back and now I'm doing it. The festival was really great for me.

I didn't feel that it was off with the fairies. From the Darwinian point of view, I could make a case that these people are talking Enlightened Self Interest. The survival of themselves and their DNA. We are being FORCED to identify with more than our family, village, tribe or nation.

Ideas were presented, questions were asked and fun was had. There was no attempt to start a "movement". It was more like a think tank in my opinion. The questions are still on the table, but 2 or 3 hundred people did get together to discuss them for a weekend.

Speaking of self interest, this guy was fun www.landlesspeasant.org
At 13:32 on June 2, 2010, Glenn "Lee" Howden said…
You don't have to worry about me showing up on your doorstep. I have seen all I want to see in London. The main one being to see the Harrison chronometers at the Naval Observatory in Greenwich, and to stand on the most important arbitrary imaginary line in the world.

Good luck to you Roger.
At 18:42 on June 7, 2010, Glenn "Lee" Howden said…
Hi Roger, Here is an article on human behavior that you might find interesting. I did.

http://www.danbartlett.co.uk/sorenson.htm

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