Author Archives: Tim Hollo

The Missing Peace - Talking About Nonviolence - Webinars - Green Institute

The Missing Peace: Video And Next Events

In this unstable and volatile world, with most politics assuming that violence is the path to power and security, the Greens’ commitment to peace and nonviolence is a beacon of sense and compassion and wisdom. And last Wednesday evening, we were treated to an immensely enriching and nourishing conversation between… Read More


Peace is a process; nonviolence is action

Peace is a process; nonviolence is action

Nonviolence is a powerful, active, creative and generative form of resistance to violent systems. Every act of violence creates a more violent world. Nonviolence refuses to accept the self-perpetuating logic of the inevitability of violence, and demands of us that we cultivate space for peace-making. In this way, peace can… Read More



Change Everything – Natalie Bennett on her new book on transformative Greens politics

Elections =/= Democracy

On Tuesday evening, when Christine Milne and I chat with former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Natalie Bennett, about her new book, Change Everything, one of the things I’m looking forward to discussing is the weird and complex and misleading relationship between electoral systems and democracy. Register for the… Read More


Dutton Nukes Democratic Climate Debate - Green Institute

Dutton Nukes Democratic Climate Debate

Here we go again. A decade ago, I wrote this piece in The Guardian explaining why the right keeps returning to nuclear power like a dog to a puddle of vomit. It fits their worldview: the “dominion mandate” that says God gave “man” the Earth to dominate; the… Read More


Global Greens Strengthening Democracy Network - Green Institute

Watch Back – Greens Leaders Talk Democracy

This month I was incredibly privileged to chair a webinar with three tremendously inspiring Greens leaders from around the globe, as we launched the Global Greens Strengthening Democracy Network. If you weren’t able to join us, quite late in the evening, you can now watch or listen… Read More



FroGI - Friends of the Green Institute - Regular Giving Program

Leaping towards transformative politics!

Launching Friends of the Green Institute Imagine if we Greens had the time and space to really think deeply about the changes we need in the world, and how to make them happen! Imagine if everyone in and around our party and movement had the opportunity to get involved in… Read More


Together - Green Institute 2024 - Tim Hollo

Together

Almost exactly 8 years ago, I wrote my first email as Executive Director of the Green Institute to many of you, expressing a lot of angst at the state of the world – in that case the shocking fires that had been ripping through Tasmanian forests. Riffing on that particular moment… Read More


Audio Book - Living Democracy - Tim Hollo - Green Institute

Listen up! Audiobook is Living!

Almost 8 years ago, when I was given the incredible privilege and responsibility to lead the Green Institute, I spent months asking people all around the Greens party and movement what they thought the Institute needed to do. One answer that came through loud and clear was that it had… Read More