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What Needs To Be Done For Us To Survive?

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. Read More


Climate Crisis - Australian Bushfires - The End Of The World As We Know It

The End Of The World As We Know It

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. Read More


Cultivating Democracy Conference: Democratising The Economy - Natalie Osborne

Cultivating Democracy Conference: Democracy And Ecology

Featured below is an audio podcast of the panel ‘Democracy And Ecology’ at The Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. This podcast captures the audio from ‘Democracy And Ecology’ session facilitated by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, with speakers: Margaret Blakers, Nicky Ison and Dr Natalie Osborne. Read More


Cultivating Democracy Conference: Democratising The Economy - Celeste Liddle

Cultivating Democracy Conference: Democratising The Economy

Featured below is an audio podcast of the panel ‘Democratising The Economy’ at The Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. This podcast captures the audio from the ‘Democratising The Economy’ session facilitated by Adam Bandt MHR, with speakers: Clare Ozich, Dr Elise Klein and Celeste Liddle. Read More


Cultivating Democracy Conference: Deepening Democracy

Cultivating Democracy Conference: Deepening Democracy

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. Read More


Cultivating Democracy Conference: Welcome & Introduction

Featured below is an audio podcast of Tim Hollo’s opening speech to the Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. You can also read Tim’s speech on our blog. At the end of the recording, you will hear Green Institute’s Communications & Projects Officer Elissa Jenkins launch the… Read More


Cultivating Ecological Democracy - Opening Conference Speech - Tim Hollo

Cultivating Ecological Democracy: Opening Conference Speech

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… Read More



What Kind Of Democracy Do We Need To Survive This? Cultivating Democracy Conference - Photo of Parliament House, Canberra

What Kind Of Democracy Do We Need To Survive This?

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… Read More


Just Ask Nicely: 24 Things You Can’t Do When Campaigning For Climate Action

Just Ask Nicely: 24 Things You Can’t Do When Campaigning For Climate Action

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… Read More