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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

Tuesday, 1st February at the Permaculture Picturehouse: Sane Man by comedian Bill Hicks and It's an illusion By John Harris.IT’S AN ILLUSION: John Harris unveils in simple language how the laws of our land are made, and how through the creation of a legal fiction known as your 'PERSON', we become economic slaves to a debt dependent system. This arrangement only works when we consent. Unfortunately inaction is taken as consent, hence we have unwittingly surrendered our inalienable rights through…See More

Come and join us for the first DM meetup of 2011, this Wednesday evening on the South Bank.These meetups are a chance to meet others interested in the Dark Mountain project and have conversations you might not find elsewhere. The format is very informal - it's basically an evening in the pub with some likeminded people, rather than a meeting as such - so drop in at any point through the evening.If you have difficulty finding us, give Dougald a call on 07810 650213.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

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

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