Defiance

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Stories of courage and conviction from the environmental frontline</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>For half a century Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Defiance</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him celebrates the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature and shares what motivates him to keep fighting. He considers the challenges facing nature's defenders - hostile corporate lobbyists vilification in the press the powerful pull of consumerism - and shows how courage persistence and community can defeat them all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Told with Brown's trademark warmth and humour these stories will galvanise uplift and inspire.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>With a foreword by Geraldine Brooks.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'Our unifying purpose ought to be safeguarding life on earth honouring happiness and securing humanity for its future in the universe. This simple and obvious pursuit far ahead of money offers us meaning to life on our brilliant little planet.'-Bob Brown</span></p>