In short, how do we live together?
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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I’m sure that, like me, over this terrifying summer so far, you’ve been inspired by the way communities across the country are coming together to support each other, whether it’s through fighting fires themselves or cooking meals for each other, distributing masks or gathering goods for families who’ve lost everything.
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As I sat down to write this—struggling with how to get on with normal life while, just down the road, a massive fire burns in one of my favourite places and smoke turns the morning light a ghastly orange—two kookaburras suddenly started laughing in the tall eucalypts behind my home.
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Featured below is an audio podcast of the panel ‘Deepening Democracy’ at The Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. Facilitated by Senator Larissa Waters, speakers include:Associate Professor Simon Niemeyer, Dr Amanda Cahill, Dr Tim Dunlop and Nicola Paris.
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This is the text of Tim Hollo’s opening speech to the Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. Audio and transcriptions of the other presentations on the day will be posted in the coming weeks as they become available. On behalf of the Green Institute and all of…
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I start by acknowledging that we are on the land of the Ngunnawal and Ngamberi people and paying respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land, and any conversation about its future, about how we face up to the enormous challenges…
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Like many of you, I have friends and loved ones right now in the paths of some of the most destructive fires Australia has yet seen. I sit, horrified, in front of my screen, reloading pages, hoping to hear good news, thinking about what I need to do to prepare…
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Extinction Rebellion protester Richard Ogden in Brisbane, asking for climate action. YOU CAN’T DO IT THAT WAY! With the increasingly panicked attacks on climate activists for daring to protest, and faux-concerned opinion pieces published pleading “Why can’t they ask nicely?”, here’s a short and incomplete list of what we’re not…
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“This is what democracy looks like!” I don’t know about you, but when I heard thousands of kids chanting that at the Climate Strike last week, it sent shivers of joy and excitement down my spine. Proud father moment – that’s my daughter MC’ing Canberra’s 15,000 strong strike! One of…
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One of the most amazing things about being part of the Greens is that we can all get involved at every level, through great networks and connections, from our suburb to the whole globe. Next Tuesday evening, August 27, you can tap into that by joining our…
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