Worlds Worth Living For with Dougald Hine

Tuesday October 29th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Talk starts 7pm

This event is now fully booked. To join the waiting list email events@kairos.london.

In his book, "At Work in the Ruins", Dougald Hine lays out a choice that is often hidden behind the ways we talk about climate change: are we working for the big path, the attempt to secure and (somehow) make sustainable the promises of growth, progress and development which have been at the heart of the story modern societies tell about themselves? Or are we turning towards the small path, the set of branching paths that lead beyond the failure of these promises, working to create the conditions of possibility for “worlds worth living for”, on the far side of the end of the world as we thought we knew it?

In this talk with discussion, Dougald will explore the conversations the book has led him into and share his latest thinking. Together we'll discuss how to release resources from existing systems so as to contribute to the work of the small path, the examples of new cultural and economic practices in which Dougald is finding clues for what comes next – and how we might scale these out, without falling into the traps that often accompany attempts at scaling up.

Dougald is a social thinker and author, the co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project, leader of artistic development at Riksteatern, Sweden’s national theatre, co-host with Ed Gillespie of "The Great Humbling" podcast and publisher of Substack newsletter "Writing Home". "At Work in the Ruins", which is now in paperback, has been called “essential reading for these turbulent times” (Amitav Ghosh) and “lucidly unsettling and yet in the end empowering” (Brian Eno).

We will strictly limiting numbers for this event so early booking is recommended.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm for drinks. Talk starts at 7pm.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Struggling financially, £20 Supporter. Food complimentary.

Before requesting a discounted ticket, please consider sincerely: Are you struggling to meet your basic needs? Would you have to make a genuine sacrifice to buy a full priced ticket? Do you have reduced earnings through a lifestyle choice or because you’re dedicating your time to unpaid work relating to the climate and nature crises?