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Review: Defiance: Stories from Nature and Its Defenders – Bob Brown (Black
Inc.)
Hobart’s Theatre Royal was packed to the rafters on a chilly October evening
when the irrepressible nature warrior Bob Brown launched his latest book
Defiance.
Given the state of the planet “we just have to be defiant”, Brown told the
audience, as the image of activist Lisa Searle was projected onto the screen
behind him.
Searle sat atop one of the world’s tallest flowering plants, a eucalyptus tree
named Sentinel by its defenders, in Tasmania’s Styx Valley, perched there to
prevent its destruction.
Writing is itself an act of defiance for Brown.
Defiance is the latest and
last in a long line of books. A collection of “musings about the human-induced
plight of the planet”, it contains stories, calls to action, and odes to “our
brilliant little planet”. It is written with thanks to “everyone who has ever
lifted a finger to ward off its destruction”.
Some of these writings have appeared previously. Some are historical
recollections. Many paint pictures of unique Australian environments and
places, both protected and despoiled. But all of them decry “the escalating
global overconsumption of Earth’s living resources”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
