Before speaking to a booked out Melbourne Town Hall on 5th August 2014 about his new book Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action, Australian Greens founder and former leader Bob Brown made time to speak with Max Teakle and Remy Anderson (of St Martins Youth Arts Centre).

In this video, he answers their questions about the challenges of being green, learning to be optimistic, compulsory voting, and the choices we can all make to preserve our collective future.