Geoff Holloway
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Poet, sociologist, conservationist, political activist
OrganizationUnited Tasmania Group

Geoff Holloway is an Australian sociologist, author, poet, conservationist and political activist.

He is a sociologist,[1][2] as well as activist within the United Tasmania Group in its earlier iteration, and later.[3][4]

He was one of the individuals present at the meeting that adopted the change of name, while retaining the same focuses, of the South West Tasmania Action Committee to the Tasmanian Wilderness Society in 1976.[5][6]

He is also author of works about conservation and environment groups in Tasmania.[7][8][9]

As UTG secretary from 2018 up until 2020, he also has expressed views that reflect upon earlier environmental issues, such as the Lake Pedder issue with the Mount wellington Cable Car,[10][11] ecotourism,[12] other articles in The UTG Journal.

Selected works

  • Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell (1977), Poems (1st ed.), Piglet Publications], ISBN 978-0-9595923-0-6
  • Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell (1978), Cold as ice (1st ed.), Piglet Publications, ISBN 978-0-9595923-2-0
  • Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell (1978), Poems 2 (1st ed.), Piglet Publications, ISBN 978-0-9595923-1-3
  • Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell (1979), Imaginary friends, Piglet Publications, ISBN 978-0-9595923-5-1

References

  1. ↑ Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell; University of Tasmania. Department of Sociology (1986), The Wilderness Society : the transformation of a social movement organisation, Dept. of Sociology, University of Tasmania, ISBN 978-0-85901-328-4
  2. ↑ D, Geoff Hollowaynone · none 7 04 · Ph. "Geoff Holloway - Ph. D. (sociology) - Independent Researcher - none". ResearchGate.net. Retrieved 7 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "[Biographical cuttings on Geoff Holloway, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]". Trove.nla.gov.au. 1900. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Bolger, Rosemary (4 April 2016). "Old Greens party reforms in Tasmania in swipe against new guard". ABC News. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. ↑ The group was established in 1976 from the members of the Southwest Action Committee see - The Wilderness Society (tasmania Inc) NG2155 [Records], LINC Tasmania, 1976, retrieved 17 November 2018
  6. ↑ K. Kiernan|Eroding the Edges of Nature, pages 249-250| publication-date=2018 | publisher=Fullers Publishing |
  7. ↑ Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell (2006), Access to power : the organisational structure of the wilderness conservation and anti-nuclear movements in Australia, University of Tasmania Library, retrieved 17 November 2018
  8. ↑ Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell (1991), Access to power : the organisational structure of the wilderness conservation and anti-nuclear movements in Australia, retrieved 17 November 2018
  9. ↑ Jones, Richard, 1936-1986; Hay, P. R. (Peter Robert), 1947-; Holloway, Geoffrey Mitchell, 1948-; Eckersley, Robyn, 1958-; University of Tasmania. Board of Environmental Studies; University of Tasmania. Centre for Environmental Studies (1989), Environmental politics in Australia and New Zealand, Board of Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, ISBN 978-0-85901-405-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Holloway, Geoff (15 November 2018). "Letter to the Editor on a cable car ..." Tasmaniantimes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Cable Car: Back to the Future ..." Tasmaniantimes.com. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. ↑ Holloway, Geoff (8 August 2018). "'Ecotourism' ... the new greenwash term". Tasmaniantimes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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