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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 us here, I acknowledge that…
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Ecological Democracy & Climate Democracy: Speech To Academy of Social Sciences Australia Symposium
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 of the years ahead, must…
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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 in case Canberra burns again…
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Just Ask Nicely: 24 Things You Can’t Do When Campaigning 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 allowed to do when campaigning for climate action. Suggestions for other items I may have missed…
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“This is what democracy looks like!”
“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. One of the things which sets the School Strike for Climate movement apart from many of the movements whose…
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Seminar To Watch: Towards Ecological Democracy – A Political Theory For The 21st Century
This month Green Institute Executive Director, Tim Hollo, presented a seminar ‘Towards Ecological Democracy – A Political Theory For The 21st Century’ at the Australian National University in Canberra. He presented a theory of ecological democracy that seeks to apply the fundamentals of ecology to politics, articulating a vision of interconnection, interdependence, and resilience in…
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European Green Wave – Webinar With Reinhard Butikofer
In this year’s European elections, Greens parties saw a surge in support, lifting their representation in the European Parliament from 50 to 75 MEPs. Greens now account for 10% of the representatives, making them the fourth largest bloc after the centre right, the social democrats and the liberals, and ahead of the far right. Last…
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Think Global – EU Greens Webinar And Global Greens Book
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 webinar with EU Greens co-chair, Reinhard Butikofer MEP,…
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Conference, Book Launches, Seminar and Webinar!
We’ve got some exciting and thought-provoking events coming up in the next few weeks that we’d love you to join us for, culminating in our next national conference, Cultivating Democracy, in parallel with Greens National Conference in Canberra. We’ll be in a position to share more details on the conference very soon, but in the…
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Defending Whistleblowers, Defending Democracy: Canberra Protest Speech
I was delighted to be invited to speak this morning at a protest outside the Canberra courts where David McBride, the whistleblower who exposed alleged war crimes by Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan, was due to face trial. This is the case which led to raids on the ABC and journalist Annika Smethurst immediately…
