Difficult Art Is Like Spinach for the Brain

Difficult Art Is Like Spinach for the Brain
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Melbourne Festival of Ideas
We all know what we could be doing to help the environment. We could install solar panels, or drive hybrid cars, or use fewer plastic bags. But there's often a big gap between what we know we should do, and how we actually behave.Delivering this keynote address at the Melbourne Festival of Ideas, novelist Kate Grenville argues that it is the role of artists and writers to inspire and move people to act on important issues like climate change.