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Outline of green politics

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The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to green politics:

Green politics – political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy.[1] It began taking shape in the western world in the 1970s; since then Green parties have developed and established themselves in many countries across the globe, and have achieved some electoral success.

Nature of green politics

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Green politics can be described as:

Essence of green politics

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Main article: Green politics

Contributing philosophies

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Overlapping movements

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Green politics shares many ideas with the following movements:

Green schools of thought

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Main article: Environmentalism
See also: Agrarianism, Agricultural economics, Ecological economics, Environmental economics, Environmental movement, Environmental politics, and Green party

Bright green environmentalism

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Main article: Bright green environmentalism

Deep green environmentalism

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Main article: Deep ecology

Light green environmentalism

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Main article: Sustainable development

Other

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Main article: Green politics

Opposition

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Religious variants

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Main article: Environmentalism and religion

Values and principles

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Democracy

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Environment

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Main article: List of environmental issues

Feminism

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Green economics

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Main article: Green economics

Policy issues

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A few issues affect most of the green parties around the world, and can often inhibit global cooperation. Some affect structure, and others affect policy:

On matters of ecology, extinction, biosafety, biosecurity, safe trade and health security, "Greens" generally agree. There are very substantial policy differences between and among Green Parties in various countries and cultures, and a continuing debate about the degree to which natural ecology and human needs align. Agreement on particular issues is often reached using a consensus decision making process.

Organizations

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Worldwide

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Green federations

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The member parties of the Global Greens (see for details) are organised into four continental federations:

The European Federation of Green Parties formed itself as the European Green Party on 22 February 2004, in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June, 2004, a further step in trans-national integration.

Europe

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Green parties in Europe

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Africa and Asia

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Americas

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Green parties in the Americas

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Oceania

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Regional variants

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African

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Main article: Environmental movement in Africa

American

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Main article: Environmental movement in America

Asian

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Main article: Environmental movement in Asia

European

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Main article: Environmental movement in Europe

Oceanian

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Main article: Environmental movement in Oceania

Alliances

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Notable persons

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  • Adolfo Aguilar Zínser (Mexico; Green Senate 1997–2000)
  • Lord Beaumont of Whitley (United Kingdom; former member of the Houses of Parliament)
  • Natalie Bennett (United Kingdom; current leader of the Green Party of England and Wales)
  • Ingrid Betancourt (Colombia; presidency candidate 2002, kidnapped 2002–2008)
  • Sergio Fajarado (Colombia, ex mayor of Medellin and presidential candidate of 2018)
  • Claudia Lopez Hernandez (Colombia, first woman and LGBTQ+ mayor of bogota)
  • Joseph Beuys (Germany; artist and founder member of the German Green Party)
  • Jello Biafra (USA; singer-songwriter and runner-up in the US Green Party's presidential nomination 2000)
  • Bob Brown (Australia; former leader of the Australian Greens and Senator 1996–2012)
  • Martin Bursík (The Czech Republic; former leader of the Czech Green Party and Minister of the Environment)
  • Peter Camejo (USA; three-time Green Californian gubernatorial candidate and independent vice-presidential candidate 2004)
  • David Cobb (USA; US Green Party's presidential candidate 2004)
  • Daniel Cohn-Bendit (France / Germany; former student leader in 1968 and member of the European Parliament 1994–2014)
  • Robert Cramer (Switzerland; Green representative in the Swiss Council of States)
  • Felix Dodds (United Kingdom; environmental author, futurist, and activist)
  • Vera Dua (Belgium; former Flemish Green Party leader and Minister of Agriculture and Environment 1999–2003)
  • René Dumont (France; first Green presidential candidate 1974, forefather of the French Green Party Les Verts and founding member of ATTAC)
  • Indulis Emsis (Latvia; Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, first Green politician to lead a country)
  • Joschka Fischer (Germany; leading figure in the German Greens and Vice Chancellor of Germany and Foreign Minister 1998–2005)
  • Monica Frassoni (Italy; co-chair of the European Greens group in the European Parliament 2002–2009)
  • Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan; first Prime Minister of the modern Pakistan)
  • Jim Harris (Canada; former leader of the Canadian Green Party 2003–2006)
  • Femke Halsema (Netherlands; leader of the Dutch GreenLeft parliamentary party 2002–2010)
  • Petra Kelly (Germany; founding member of the German Greens)
  • Winfried Kretschmann (Germany; Ministerpräsident Baden-Württemberg)
  • Fritz Kuhn (Germany; former chair of German Green's parliamentary group 2005-2009 and first Green mayor of Stuttgart since 2012)
  • Renate Künast (Germany; German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture 2001-2005 and chair of the German Green's parliamentary group 2005–2013)
  • Winona LaDuke (USA; Native American activist and environmentalist; US Green Party's vice-presidential candidate 1996 and 2000)
  • Brice Lalonde (France; French Minister of the Environment 1991-1992 and founder of the green party Génération Ecologie)
  • Alain Lipietz (France; Green engineer and economist; member of the European Parliament 1999–2009)
  • Caroline Lucas (United Kingdom; co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 2016–Present and first Green member of the Houses of Commons since 2010)
  • Ulrike Lunacek (Austria; Vice President of the European Parliament since 2014)
  • Wangari Maathai (Kenya; environmental and political activist; Nobel Peace Prize winner 2004)
  • Noël Mamère (France; Green Party's presidential candidate 2002 and former member of the European Parliament)
  • Elizabeth May (Canada; current leader of the Green Party of Canada and first Green member of the Canadian Parliament)
  • Ralph Nader (USA; US Green Party's Presidential Candidate 1996 and 2000 as well as independent Presidential Candidate in 2004 and 2008)
  • Jonathon Porritt (United Kingdom; environmentalist and advocate of the Green Party of England and Wales)
  • Åsa Romson (Sweden; Swedish Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister since 2014)
  • Claudia Roth (Germany; German Green Party leader from 2004 to 2013 and Vice President of the Bundestag since 2013)
  • Paul Rosenmöller (Netherlands; leader of the Dutch GreenLeft Party 1994–2002)
  • Otto Schily (Germany; German Interior Minister 1998–2005; later switched to SPD)
  • E. F. Schumacher (Germany / United Kingdom; Green economic thinker)
  • Peter Singer (Australia; moral philosopher and Green candidate for the Australian Senate in 1996)
  • Charlene Spretnak (USA; ecofeminist and cofounder of the US Green Party)
  • Bart Staes (Belgium; Green member of the European Parliament since 1999)
  • Jill Stein (USA; US Green Party's Presidential Candidate for 2012, 2016 and suspected 2020 run)
  • Jaromír Štětina (Czech Republic; Green Senator 2004-2014 and member of the European parliament since 2014)
  • Jürgen Trittin (Germany; German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 1998-2005 and chair of the Green parliamentary group 2009–2013)
  • Alexander Van der Bellen (Austria; leader of the Austrian Green Party 1997–2008; President of Austria since 2017, making him the second green head of state worldwide, the first directly elected by popular vote)
  • Raimonds Vējonis (Latvia; President of Latvia since 2015, making him the first green head of state worldwide)
  • Jason West (USA; former mayor of New Paltz, New York and same-sex marriage activist)
  • Blair Wilson (Canada; former liberal member of the Canadian Parliament, later became member of the Green Party)

Publications

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wall 2010. p. 12-13.
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