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Expression Of Interest – Green Institute Leadership - The Green Institute Are you the next leader of the Green Institute? Background The Green Institute is the official think tank of the Australian Greens. Founded in 2008 by Margaret Blakers OAM and funded by a…

Are you the next leader of the Green Institute? We are now searching for the next leader or leadership team. If you are interested in pitching to the Board, please express your interest! More details here ... buff.ly/lcShmhi

Rethinking public education in Queensland – crisis and opportunity - Green Agenda The public education sector in Queensland is suffering from years of a manufactured crisis; systemic underfunding, overburdened teachers, and political neglect. In the context of the current struggle…

In the context of the Queensland Teachers Union’s current struggle against the state government’s manufactured crisis, underfunding and exploitation of teachers’ passion, Luke Robinson outlines the demands of the strike actions. Read now in Green Agenda.
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All that remains - Green Agenda Benjamin Gready writes from Bethlehem, where collecting seeds, documenting species, and doing ecological fieldwork is an act of resistance for the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and…

Benjamin Gready writes from Bethlehem, where collecting seeds, documenting species, and doing ecological fieldwork is an act of resistance for the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability. Read this powerful piece now in Green Agenda.

Militarised Futures - Green Agenda Australia’s Future Fund has increased its investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, by over 600%. While hiding behind “administrative compliance”, Australian public wealth…

“Australia’s Future Fund has increased its investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, by over 600%. While hiding behind “administrative compliance”, Australian public wealth profits from genocide." Read now on Green Agenda.
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What kind of party? What kind of campaign? | Green Institute May’s federal election left the Greens with a big question: What does it actually take to win? Green Agenda editor Carlos Morreo features five campaigns that offer five different answers.

May’s federal election left the Greens with a big question: What does it actually take to win? In the latest Green Agenda, editor Carlos Morreo features five campaigns that offer five different answers.
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That last 1.6% – Lessons from the Wills 2025 Campaign   - Green Agenda With one of the largest campaigns ever, the Greens came within 1.6% of winning Wills from Labor — with a record 26% swing in multicultural and working class northern suburbs. But then were outspent…

With one of the largest campaigns ever, the Greens came within 1.6% of winning Wills from Labor — with a record 26% swing in multicultural and working class northern suburbs. In this Green Agenda piece, Samantha Ratnam and Cat Nadel share lessons learnt and why the 2028 campaign has already started.

Future Fund see no problem investing in genocide In Senate Estimates hearings on October 8, Future Fund officials deflected and justified their investments in Elbit Systems

Australia’s Future Fund and its genocide profits. Great analysis on the Funds’ cynicism and callousness. The Elbit Out of Victoria campaign has been looking into this for months and calling for the Future Fund to divest.

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How degrowth are you? - Green Agenda The recent 2025 International Degrowth Conference held in Oslo may have exposed some of the deepest contradictions in the movement. The Degrowth and Delinking Collective’s intervention highlights how…

In this Green Agenda piece, Joe Herbert and Hannah Morris explore the contradictions of degrowth in ‘How Degrowth Are You?’, revealing tensions within the movement and its eurocentric frames. Read now on Green Agenda. buff.ly/PTrHNC7

In Green Agenda, Simon Copland reviews Klein and Thompson's Abundance. The book sounds progressive but delivers repackaged trickle-down economics, blaming NIMBYs while ignoring corporate power and capitalist inequality. Read Simon's review at buff.ly/TbUwUzE

Forever in the space between us - Green Agenda As Voyager 1 nears its end, Emma Davidson reflects on what its journey, along with Pluto and its moon Charon, reveal about the beauty and power of symbiosis. In her essay, Emma shows how…

As Voyager 1 nears its end, @emmadavidson reflects on what its journey, along with Pluto and its moon Charon, reveals about the beauty and power of symbiosis. Read this beautiful new must-read essay on Green Agenda. buff.ly/UYQ2ggR

Playing by the rules - Green Agenda Writing for Green Agenda, Terry Leahy’s essay shows how the environmental movement’s emphasis on cultural transformation without structural reform reproduces the very “social games” of capitalism we…

Writing for Green Agenda, Terry Leahy’s essay shows how the environmental movement’s emphasis on cultural transformation without structural reform reproduces the very “social games” of capitalism we oppose. Read "Playing by the rules" now at

What might it mean, in this world, to work towards nuclear disarmament?
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The International Court of Justice has declared that countries – including fossil fuel exporters like Australia – are legally obliged to prevent climate harm, both at home and abroad. This directly rejects Australia’s claim that it isn’t responsible for emissions from its exports buff.ly/VAPSNub

As the world marks 80 years since Hiroshima & Nagasaki, where to now for nuclear disarmament in a world of Trump and Netanyahu? Join a powerful discussion with: Gem Romuld (@nuclearban), @emmashortis and @davidshoebridge. Hosted by @timhollo. Register at buff.ly/6nuZAQd

"I am because we are" - Green Agenda “I didn't win a seat, but my god I've won a neighbourhood”,  writes Sonya Semmens on her Macnamara campaign. In an atomised society where “people see themselves not as part of a collective, but an…

“I didn’t win a seat, but my god I’ve won a neighbourhood”, writes Sonya Semmens on her Macnamara campaign. Electoral politics, Sonya argues, must serve the deeper work of rebuilding community. Read more on Green Agenda at buff.ly/Ic1D5tZ

Post-election in the genocide - Green Agenda “As I write this, Israeli airstrikes continue to rain down on a city reduced to rubble, on people—a million children—huddled in tents”. Writing as genocide unfolds in Gaza and his newborn…

Writing as genocide unfolds in Gaza and his newborn Arab-Aboriginal child laughs in his arms, former Greens candidate Omar Sakr dissects Labor’s electoral “super mandate” built on a historically low 34.6% primary vote and coordinated attacks on the Greens.

After The Election ... In A World On Fire - The Green Institute Writing for Green Agenda after the election, David Shoebridge and Ellen Sandell reject the establishment’s demands to moderate, affirming that Greens politics exist to transform rather than simply…

Writing for Green Agenda after the election, David Shoebridge and Ellen Sandell reject the establishment’s demands to moderate, affirming that Greens politics exist to transform rather than simply winning for winning’s sake. Read more on Green Agenda - buff.ly/XQ1dxpu

Democracy When The World Is On Fire | Green Institute Right now, at this moment, and in the coming years, what are we to do differently? How can we, in a system designed to protect the status quo, act to transform it? Tim Hollo shares his first…

A hot take for a world on fire. Tim Hollo dives into democracy’s burning questions post-election. Read his latest blog at buff.ly/fd40rl8

Flipping The Script: Community Leads The Candidates Towards Democracy | Green Institute 60 members of the local Murwillumbah community took part in an event designed to promote community collaboration and better democracy by flipping the script of the traditional “Meet the Candidates”…

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Last week in Murwillumbah, in the marginal Labor / Greens / Nationals electorate of Richmond on the NSW far north coast, the Green Institute co-hosted Candidates Meet the Community, an experiment in deliberative democracy as part of an adversarial election campaign.

Tim on 4ZZZ: Living Democracy In March 2025, the Paradigm Shift on 4ZZZ spoke to Tim Hollo about his book Living Democracy. You can listen to it here.

The Paradigm Shift on @4ZZZradio.bsky.social spoke to Tim Hollo about "Living Democracy". They talked about some of the deficiencies in our democracy and how we can live in a society where everyone gets a say in the things that affect us. Listen now at buff.ly/9zWjDJh

Europe's far right, mapping its class politics - Green Agenda Beneath the rhetoric of Europe's far-right is a web competing economic interests. While the Far Right shares a xenophobic discourse, the parties represent very different factions of capital, from…

Beneath the rhetoric of Europe's far-right is a web of competing economic interests. While the Far Right shares a xenophobic discourse, the parties represent different factions of capital. Read "Europe’s far right, mapping its class politics" by Vladimir Bortun in Green Agenda at

Reforestation as destruction, in Sarawak - Green Agenda In Sarawak, eucalyptus plantations are replacing biodiverse forests under the guise of "reforestation". Indigenous communities fight to protect their lands while Australia continues to import timber…

In Sarawak, eucalyptus plantations are replacing biodiverse forests under "reforestation". Indigenous communities fight to protect their lands while Australia continues to import timber grown on stolen territories. Fiona McAlpine of #TheBorneoProject writes for Green Agenda at

Lessons In Nonviolence And Democracy From Arendt To Rising Tide | Green Institute Tim Hollo's Speech to University of New England's Peace and Justice Symposium, February 14, 2025.

"...the world is on fire. Wars are raging. Democratic institutions are crumbling. No, not crumbling – they are being smashed to pieces deliberately ... communities are coming together to take direct action in all sorts of ways ... living into being, the world we need." Read more at

Read more in Green Agenda from Rajni Gamage and Harindra B. Dassanayake in their article "Negotiating left politics in Sri Lanka: The NPP in government" at https://buff.ly/4gOuCz6

Recordings: Watch & Listen | Green Institute Watch or listen back to online conversations hosted by The Green Institute.

What a lineup! Whether it's thought-provoking conversations on Peace or eye-opening presentations on Cities Transformed, we've got a treasure trove of must-watch (or must-listen!) recordings. Dive in, get inspired, and explore the ideas shaping our politics and our world at

Policy fails, but gardens grow - Green Agenda If it has occurred to the members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture that there is nothing to eat on a dead planet, they have chosen not to present that framing to government. Instead, writes…

Community-based regenerative food advocates have to continue to subvert agribusiness as a form of grassroots sustainable materialism. Read this new piece "Policy fails, but gardens grow" by Geoff Ebbs on Green Agenda now at

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Bike by bike: a Torres Strait ride revolution - Green Agenda On Waibene/Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, a grassroots movement is transforming how locals move through community, one bike at a time, overcoming the barriers of remoteness to make sustainable…

On Waibene/Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, a grassroots movement is transforming how locals move through community, one bike at a time, overcoming barriers of remoteness to make sustainable transport accessible to First Nations women, mothers, caregivers, and children.

This summer, dive into the bold ideas of Living Democracy by Tim Hollo. Whether you’re relaxing with a paperback or streaming the free audiobook, this ecological manifesto will challenge and inspire you.
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like | Green Institute As I sat in the rain on the road in front of Parliament House, with a cop's knee in my back, the crowd broke into a powerful chant of "Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks…

"As I sat in the rain on the road in front of Parliament House, with a cop’s knee in my back, the crowd broke into a powerful chant of: Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!" - Tim Hollo

Read more from Tim about his time at Rising Tide.