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An active call to peacemake - Green Institute

An Active Call To Peacemake

With Green Agenda, I get to curate and edit a range of essays and articles – grounded forms of writing, by people and from places, projects and communities, where transformative or prefigurative change is already at play. I feel that Tim’s latest Green Institute project The Missing Peace… Read More


Resistance - nonviolently toppling a dictator - Otpor - Green Institute

Resistance – Nonviolently Toppling A Dictator

Not quite 25 years ago, something extraordinary happened – a group of young students and activists launched a campaign of resistance, full of humour while deeply serious, powerfully active while entirely nonviolent, that brought down the Serbian dictator, Slobodan Milosevic. As a young activist, then starting out with Greenpeace, and… 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



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


Green Institute - Looking Back Looking Forward 2023

Looking Back and Looking Forward

What a year! As the year comes to a close, I’m delighted to share with you The Green Institute’s Annual Report for 2022/23, showcasing the extraordinary year that was. It was hard to notice it as it flew by, which is why it’s so important to look… Read More


Happiness and Its Causes - Tim Hollo - Speakers Panel

Happiness and Its Causes

So what actually “causes” happiness? (Spoiler – it’s connection) I was surprised and delighted to be invited to speak at this year’s Happiness and Its Causes conference in Sydney’s International Convention Centre, alongside a stellar line-up including Professor Patrick McGorry, Mawunyo Gbogbo, Dr Catherine Barrett and many more. I… Read More