Latest Updates
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Re-engaging
Well, I’m back! As you may recall, I stepped down as Executive Director of the Green Institute back in March in order to focus fully on my election campaign for the seat of Canberra. The board kindly kept my position vacant for the duration, while the wonderful Elissa Jenkins very ably held the fort, and…
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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…
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When The Two Tims Talk: Tim Dunlop In Conversation With Tim Hollo
Author, writer and academic Tim Dunlop interviewed Green Institute Executive Director Tim Hollo. He’s kindly given permission for us to share it here. You can unlock Tim Dunlop’s other essays, stories, interviews and analysis on his Patreon by becoming a patron. Tim and Tim discuss how we might change the institutions of politics, problems with the…
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NENA2018 – Building The New Economy (And The New Politics)
One of the highlights of my work year is always the superb NENA conference – the annual gathering of the New Economy Network Australia. This year, we gathered in Melbourne, over the last three days, with a focus on the Commons and on food. There were conversations all day and well into the night about…
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From The Opera House To The Atmosphere: We Need Government In The Public Interest
Tim Hollo, Executive Director: After close to 20 years campaigning for climate action, when I first started making noises about fighting back against public space advertising I got some strange looks. What are you worrying about that for? We’ve got far bigger issues to focus on, haven’t we? What’s interesting is that these comments only…
