Saltgrass is produced on Djaara country in Central Victoria, Australia
Each episode is a new story, a different angle and a fresh voice.
In-depth interviews featuring everyday folk; farmers, psychologists, ecologists, artists, change agents, scientists and concerned citizens – talking about what can be done about the climate crisis at a local level.
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S5 E08 Living Democracy with Tim Hollo – Saltgrass
Tim Hollo is many things, musician, politician, anarchist and the author of Living Democracy – An ecological manifesto for the end of the world as we know it. He was in conversation at the Taproom in Castlemaine with Jim Buckell and introduced by Alex Kelly with an extended Q&A with the audience.
Links:
Living Democracy Book
There is no time left not to do everything – an article and now a chapter in the book
The Green Institute
Green Music Australia
Fourplay
Jim Buckell
Democracy for Dinner
Democracy for Dinner Substack
Tim Low’s book ‘Where Song Began’
Half of our body is not human
Nobel Prize winning economist Eleanor Ostrum ‘Defender of the commons’
Philosopher Hannah Arendt who escaped Nazi Germany and dedicated her academic life to exploring totalitarianism and the nature of power
Fearless Cities as exampled by Barcelona
Murray Bookchin
Democratic confederalism as seen in Kurdish communities
Related Episodes:
Democracy for Dinner
Futures
- S5 E08 Living Democracy with Tim Hollo
- S5 E07 Root to Tip with Duang
- S5 E06 Talking About Money
- S5 E05 The Castlemaine Currency Project
- S5 E04 The Salvage Yard
- S5 E03 The Good Op Shop
- S5 E02 Wilderhoods
- S5 E01 Wheelie Bins with Gemma
- Zoe Scoglio and the Castlemaine Commons Collective: Episode 4
- Zoe Scoglio and the Castlemaine Commons Collective: Episode 3