[markkisil]

The press have been making a big thing of the resignation, how will the greens remain relevant now etc. I don't think they understand the green movement at all, they want to fit it into their paradigm about politics and personalities. The green party is just a bunch of people who use that name and want to push policies relating to the environment etc. That doesn't mean they represent the "green movement" as such, though they do further ideas that most environmentalists agree with. At heart they are just a bunch of environmental careerists, though I agree they have been doing a good job. The green movement is much more than a few personalities, and will keep going with or without Bob Brown et al.