<p>For more than 50 years, Dr Bob Brown has been breaking and making laws to protect the environment. Now aged 81, he is hoping to give strength to new generations who are facing the climate and extinction crises front on.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatreroyal.com.au/shows/bob-brown-defiance">This event was recorded at the Theatre Royal Hobart</a> on 1 October 2025.</p><p>Speakers</p><p><a href="https://bobbrown.org.au/">Bob Brown</a>President, Bob Brown FoundationFormer Greens Senator for Tasmania (1996-2012)Author, <a href="https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/defiance">Defiance: Stories from Nature and Its Defenders</a></p><p><a href="https://goodlifepermaculture.com.au/">Hannah Moloney (host)</a>Presenter, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/gardening">Gardening Australia</a>, permaculture educator, community worker, designer, author, <a href="https://planetbooks.com.au/p/why-we-garden-on-the-joy-and-wonder-of-growing-things-even-when-we-don-t-have-to?srsltid=AfmBOooZRWte2FQ1mkFkHzRZcsy9xU_WjplAnFpiD1YzjzDNHtbHiKNJ">Why We Garden: On the Joy and Wonder of Growing Things, Even when We Don't Have to</a> (out in March 2026)</p><p>Further information:</p><p><a href="https://southerntasmania.com.au/media-release/amy-sherwin-statue-unveiling-and-festival/">Tasmania's Forgotten Opera Star Returns: Amy Sherwin Statue Unveiling and Festival</a></p>