By Tim Hollo • May 19, 2020
At the start of the COVID-19 health crisis, we discussed the value of remaining together while apart together while apart uring this challenging time. Since then, through our COVID Democracy Series of webinars, we’ve joined together to discuss the importance of Indigenous…
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By Tim Hollo • May 9, 2020
On May 7, the Green Institute was privileged to have Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng and Lidia Thorpe speaking with us on Indigenous Democracy Now, as the first of our Covid Democracy series. The conversation Tjanara and Lidia led us through went from deep spiritual connection to each other and to…
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By Tim Hollo • May 2, 2020
I’m excited to be able to announce the first three in our new Covid Democracy Webinar Series, giving you the opportunity to hear from and talk with an array of leading thinkers, advocates and activists from around Australia and the world. The Coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the deep…
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By Tim Hollo • April 21, 2020
In the midst of these extraordinary times, it takes a bit of an effort to remember that the COVID-19 pandemic came hot on the heels of the worst bushfire season we’d ever had, following a terrible drought and horrific fish kills, and the third mass bleaching event on the Great…
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By Tim Hollo • April 17, 2020
I’m super excited to be part of a wonderful new program, the Reset Reading Group, hosted by our friends at the Commons Social Change Library. Over six fortnights, we will bring you a series of readings, podcasts and…
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By Tim Hollo • April 6, 2020
These are extraordinary times. Everyone I talk to at the moment is feeling like their head is spinning. As well as fearing for our own and our loved ones’ health, and trying to keep our kids focussed on their education from home while we work or search for a new…
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By Tim Hollo • March 20, 2020
How on sweet Earth do we practice and cultivate ecological ethics, connected diversity, community building and social cohesion, when we can’t come together face to face? It was incredible to have 100 people cram into a virtual room together to discuss this – and demonstrate one way to do it…
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By Tim Hollo • March 13, 2020
This summer, we’ve witnessed the stirrings of ecological collapse in Australia on a grand scale. The impacts of the pillaging of our land and the pollution of our atmosphere by those who care only about short term profits are becoming impossible to ignore. In this context, the…
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By Tim Hollo • March 5, 2020
I hope that you have been enjoying drenching rains, like we have here in Canberra. Wonderful though it is, it reminds me of the amazing capacity of the human mind to move on swiftly from trauma. The fires are over, and for those of us not personally picking up the…
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By Tim Hollo • February 20, 2020
The National Climate Emergency Summit, held in Melbourne on February 14-15, was a timely and important event. The Sustainable Living Festival pulled off an impressive feat organising it, filling Melbourne Town Hall to absolute capacity, getting a huge number of people inside and outside the rooms talking about the…
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