Living Democracy An ecological manifesto for the end of the world as we know it

by Hollo, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781742237251
• ISBN10: 1742237258
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781742239347
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781742239347
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-08-01
• Publisher: NewSouth

Summary

Extinction is in the air. There’s a mounting sense of desperation in the face of ecological crises, gaping economic inequality and racial injustice, and a post-truth in politics that’s divorced from reality. But what if it were possible for us to not just survive, but thrive, in the 21st century? What if the solutions to our ecological, social, and political crises could all be found in the same approach? In Living Democracy Greens activist Tim Hollo offers bold ideas and a positive vision for the future. While it might be the end of the world as we know it, it doesn’t have to be the end of the world. In fact, around the globe, people and communities are beginning a whole new journey. Whether you’re a concerned community member, or someone who is already active in social or environmental campaigning, this book will inspire and inform you, and get you fired up to co-create a common, more equitable future. A living democracy. Hollo presents lessons for communities, organisations, political parties, and individuals, and a recipe for combining all these ingredients into transformative collective action.

Author Biography

Tim Hollo is Executive Director of the Green Institute and a visiting fellow at the ANU’ s RegNet. He is the founder of Green Music Australia, was previously Communications Director for Greens Leader Christine Milne, has been a board member and campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and has recorded 7 albums and toured nationally and 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, and spearheaded a campaign to keep billboard advertising out of Canberra. He has run fo

Table of Contents

Part 1: Where are we coming from? An ecological many-festo What on earth is ‘ ecology’ ? The evolution of anti-ecology Seeds: The means of reproduction Part 2: Where are we going? Doing democracy: From exclusion to participation and from adversarialism to deliberation Exercising economy: From extraction to cultivation Practicing peace: From coercion to coexistence Knowing nature: From disconnection to interdependence Part 3: How do we get there? Making the impossible inevitable Cycles of change, collapse and renewal It’ s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine The journey is the destination The beginning There’ s no time left not to do everything