Dougald Hine (born 1977 in

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) is a British author, editor and social entrepreneur. He co-founded School of Everything and

The Dark Mountain Project Paul Kingsnorth (born 1972) is an English writer who lives in the west of Ireland. He is a former deputy-editor of ''The Ecologist'' and a co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. Kingsnorth's nonfiction writing tends to address macro themes l ...

, of which he is Director at Large. In 2011, he was named one of Britain's 50 top radicals by

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. Hine went to school in Darlington, and studied English literature at Oxford University. Following his first degree, he studied broadcast journalism at Sheffield Hallam and then spent four years as a BBC journalist (2002-2005). From 2005 to 2006, he lived and worked for a year in China's turbulent and far western province of Xinjiang. He has been involved a number of projects and initiatives. Hine noticed two blog posts written by

Paul Kingsnorth Paul Kingsnorth (born 1972) is an English writer who lives in the west of Ireland. He is a former deputy-editor of ''The Ecologist'' and a co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. Kingsnorth's nonfiction writing tends to address macro themes l ...

in 2007, one a rant in which Kingsnorth announced his abandonment of journalism, and one in which Kingsnorth expressed satisfaction at the failure of an international climate change meeting. Hine and Kingsnorth exchanged emails, and in 2008 they met in a pub. Following their exchanges and meetings, they published '' Uncivilization: The Dark Mountain Manifesto'' in 2009. In 2012, he left London for Sweden. Since 2015, he has been working with

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, the National Touring Theatre of Sweden.

Projects

Kingsnorth Hine discussing Uncivilization 5 years

* Pick Me Up (2004-6) was a weekly email newsletter intending to inspire people, through storytelling, to do something other than check their e-mail on Friday afternoons. * The London School of Art & Business (2006). The group involved went on to found School of Everything. * School of Everything was an internet startup intended to connect people who can teach with people who want to learn. * The Dark Mountain Project (2009–present), has been one of his most important projects involving a

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, an extensive website, an annual festival run in collaboration with

. The Dark Mountain project has resulted in three anthologies co-edited by Hine. * The Spacemakers Agency (2009–present) was the first project in the re-development of Brixton Village, and there have been a number of related projects since including the West Norwood Festival. * New Public Thinking (2010–present),New Public Thinking
/ref> a blog site which created a new space for public discourse and analysis aiming for a "better public discourse", resulting in an anthology of writings "Despatches from the Invisible Revolution".

Books

* Dark Mountain: Issue 4 (2013) edited with

and

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. * The Crossing of Two Lines (2013) with Performing Pictures, Elemental Editions * Dark Mountain: Issue 3 (2012) edited with

and

. * Despatches from the Invisible Revolution (2012) edited with

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. * Dark Mountain: Issue 2 (2011) edited with Paul Kingsnorth and

. * Dark Mountain: Issue 1 (2010) edited with Paul Kingsnorth and

. * COMMONSense (2009) with Anne-Marie Culhane & Access Space. * '' Uncivilisation: The Dark Mountain Manifesto'' (2009) with Paul Kingsnorth.

References

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