It is easy being Green!

Hands up if you love Bob Brown. I do!! For those who don't know him, until recently he was the leader of the Australian Greens political party and is still a human rights and environmental activist extraordinaire.

Bob has had a wealth of experience in environmental activism being one of the big players who helped to save the Franklin River in Tasmania and some of the oldest forests in the world. He has lead the way for the formation of the political party the Australian Greens and has mentored the Green political movement worldwide.

At different times, Bob has both agreed and disagreed with Kermit the frog on being Green. Sometimes he says it is easy being Green and at other times, not so so easy.

Bob has known his share of persecution. As a young gay man studying medicine in Sydney he was harrassed and abused by yobbo bullies and most of his life he has been an advocate for gay rights and marriage equality. What a great role model he has been for us all. He has never lost his cool in public, as far as I know and has always treated everyone with patience and respect, no matter how rediculous, prejudiced, ignorant, agressive, greedy, corrupt, ill informed or even dangerous they may be.

Sometimes I think he might even be too good for his own good. In his farewell letter to us he wrote that he intends to escort an exiled African Green parliamentarian back to his political seat, in pain of death. Please don't Bob. We need you alive and well and living in Australia!

Bob has shown us that it is possible to create change for the better even when the odds are stacked against you. He has shown us that we can be strong in the face of overwhelming odds and that we must never, ever give up.

Together we can lessen the impact of climate change. Together we can save our forests, our oceans and rivers, our wilderness areas and our fertile food producing lands. Great strides are being made in Tasmania and the Australian Government has announced plans to create the largest marine sanctuary in the world in the waters around Australia. This is what we are fighting for and it IS happening. Perhaps not when we want it to or quite how we envisioned but it IS happening.

We must believe it is possible to save life on planet earth and we will do it. It is easy being Green. You just have to say yes.
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Farewell and many blessings to our esteemed leader. We love you Bob!
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