Tim Hollo is a musician, writer, environmental advocate and campaigner.  He's been playing viola in FourPlay String Quartet for almost three decades, releasing music and touring the world. He is also the founder of Green Music Australia, an organisation that strives to reduce the environmental impact of the music sector while empowering artists to use their platforms to drive social and cultural change.  

Tim’s recent book Living Democracy is, in his words, an ecological manifesto. He outlines a vision of democracy that feels alive and humane, aligning it with ecological concepts like interdependence, diversity & the inevitability of change.  He draws on First Nations thinking, as well as modern experiments in municipalist governance in places like Barcelona and Syria, to pump life back into the idea of democracy itself and to show that positive change is not only possible, but is happening at a grassroots level in communities around the world.

With faith in democracy feeling particularly low this week, I thought it was good timing to go deep with Tim as someone who is deeply passionate about democracy, climate & music. 

Tim Hollo's book "Living Democracy": https://www.livingdemocracy.org.au/

Green Music Australia: https://www.greenmusic.org.au/

Follow Tim Hollo: https://www.instagram.com/timhollo

Follow Tim Shiel: https://www.instagram.com/timshiel/

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