Book launch + In Conversation
Tim Hollo will be In Conversation with Shane Rattenbury & Dr Arnagretta Hunter to launch his new book Living Democracy: An ecological Manifesto for the end of the world as we know it
When - 6pm to 7pm, Wednesday 31 August
Where - 153-11 University Avenue
Australian National University, Canberra
Presented by Harry Hartog Booksellers.
About the Book
The way we glow when having a great conversation, building off each other’s ideas, finding solutions we can all be satisfied with. The way we spark together when marching and chanting in protest. This is living democracy. Yes, the world looks bleak. Across our society there’s a mounting sense of desperation in the face of the climate crisis, gaping economic inequality and racial injustice, increasing threat of war, and a post-truth politics divorced from reality. Extinction is in the air. But what if the solutions to our ecological, social and political crises could all be found in the same approach? What if it was possible for us to not just survive, but thrive? In Living Democracy, Greens activist Tim Hollo offers bold ideas and a positive vision. It’s the end of the world as we know it, but it doesn’t have to be the end of the world. In fact, around the globe, people and communities are beginning an exciting new journey. This book will inspire you, inform you, and get you fired up to co-create our common future. A living democracy.
'Everyone who reads this book is generously invited to get involved in the project of our times.' – David Ritter
'A brilliant conversation and action kick-starter from a man who walks the talk.'– Christine Milne
'It’s pretty clear that the world we’ve known isn't working very well anymore; we need to reinvent it, and this book brims with good ideas about what that means!' – Bill McKibben
'A great vision for a bloodless coup of mutual aid and rule-governed anarchy.' – Tyson Yunkaporta
'A manual for making a new and better world that shows us, with lucidity, courage and compassion, that the tools for building that world are already in our hands.' – James Bradley
'I have been waiting for this book, and now that Tim Hollo has written it, I’ll be putting it in the hands of pretty much everyone I know.' – Danielle Celermajer
'Timely, vivid and urgent, this is a book that meets the challenges of our age head-on.' – Scott Ludlam
'A brilliant treatise for our future and based on a deep understanding of First Nations knowledge – Tim Hollo has given us so much with this beautifully written work.' – Tjanara Goreng Goreng
About Tim Hollo
Tim Hollo is Executive Director of the Green Institute and wrote this book while a visiting fellow at the Australian National University’s RegNet. A musician, environmentalist and community activist, he was the Communications Director for Greens Leader Christine Milne and a board member and campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
He is the founder of Green Music Australia and has recorded seven albums and toured globally with FourPlay String Quartet.
Living in Canberra with his partner and two kids, Tim established the city’s flourishing Buy Nothing groups, set up a little library, spearheaded a campaign to keep the city free of billboard advertising, and has run for election with the Greens.
About Shane Rattenbury
Shane Rattenbury MLA is an elected member for Kurrajong and the leader of the ACT Greens. Shane was first elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 2008, and has served as Speaker and crossbench MLA, as well as holding various Ministries and is currently Attorney-General, Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction, Minister for Gaming and Minister for Consumer Affairs.
About Dr Arnagretta Hunter
Physician and cardiologist, Dr Arnagretta Hunter is a member of the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA). With a research interest in health consequences of climate change, Arnagretta's clinical work focuses on patient-centred care and preventative medicine, with an interest in social and environmental determinants of health. Arnagretta is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University where she is also a member of the Climate Change Institute and is a Human Futures Fellow.
About the Event
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