Geoff Holloway is an Australian sociologist, author, poet, conservationist and political activist. He is a sociologist, as well as activist within the

United Tasmania Group The United Tasmania Group (UTG) is generally acknowledged as the world's first Green party to contest elections. The party was formed on 23 March 1972, during a meeting of the Lake Pedder Action Committee (LPAC) at the Hobart Town Hall in order ...

in its earlier iteration, and later. 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 South West Tasmania Action Committee was a group started after the flooding of the lake in South West Tasmania known as Lake Pedder to create the Gordon Dam catchment. It developed into an Australia wide organisation. In 1976 it evolved into the ...

to the

Tasmanian Wilderness Society The Tasmanian Wilderness Society was a Tasmanian environmental group that started in 1976 in response to a proposal by the state's Hydro Electric Commission to construct a dam on the Gordon River, downstream from the Franklin River, that led to th ...

in 1976. He is also author of works about conservation and environment groups in

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

. As UTG secretary from 2018 up until 2020, he also has expressed views that reflect upon earlier environmental issues, such as the

Lake Pedder Lake Pedder, once a glacial outwash lake, is a man-made impoundment and diversion lake located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia. In addition to its natural catchment from the Frankland Range, the lake is formed by the 1972 damming of the ...

issue with the Mount wellington Cable Car, ecotourism, other articles in The UTG Journal.

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holloway, Geoff Australian conservationists Tasmanian Wilderness Society Living people 1948 births United Tasmania Group