So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive.
BOB BROWNAustralia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it.
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There’s a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don’t.
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I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.
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Wilderness has become one of the world’s fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable.
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For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
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The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange .
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We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.
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One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
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We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million – that’s a huge amount for a state election campaign in Tasmania.
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Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it.
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Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world’s future.
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Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to the wellbeing of humanity. We are made of it and fashioned by it…our psychological beings resonate with it.
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We are all born bonded to nature; that’s why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
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Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting in a more equitable distribution of the Earth’s largesse.
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Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that’s where our investment should be going as well.
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