Bob Brown
Bob Brown is an environmentalist who helped found the Australian Greens, was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1983-93) and the Australian Senate (1996-2012) and was the Leader of the Australian Greens. His books include WILD RIVERS, LAKE PEDDER, THE GREENS, MEMO FOR A SANER WORLD, EARTH, GREEN NOMADS, OPTIMISM, THERA and DEFIANCE. He is currently appealing against his conviction for ‘trespass’ (a criminal offence in Tasmania) for peacefully defending swift parrot nesting trees. In 2012 he established the Bob Brown Foundation to take action for Earth.
Bob's articles (1 total)
Australia cannot deny its share of the climate catastrophe
Bob Brown says Australia cannot keep expanding fossil fuel production while denying its share of responsibility for the mounting human toll of climate change.