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.Wall 2010. p. 12-13. 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 Green politics can be described as: activism an ideology a political ideology a social movement a political movement part of the environmental movement
Essence of green politics
Green nationalism Green party
Contributing philosophies
Overlapping movements Green politics shares many ideas with the following movements: Animal rights movement Anti-globalization movement Alter-globalization movement Climate movement Conservation movement Environmental movement Feminist movement Local food movement Peace movement
Green schools of thought
Bright green environmentalism
Deep green environmentalism
, proposed that communities manage affairs using popular assemblies
Social ecology (Bookchin) – concerned with the relationship between ecological and social issues
Light green environmentalism
Other
Opposition Anti-environmentalism
Religious variants
Values and principles
Democracy
Inclusive Democracy – Involves the equal distribution of power at all levels
Environment
Social ecology (Bookchin) – concerned with the relationship between ecological and social issues
Feminism
Green economics
Policy issues 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:
Fundamentalism vs. Realism
On matters of ecology, extinction, biosafety, biosecurity, 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 Worldwide
Green federations 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
Green parties in Europe
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
Africa and Asia
Americas
Green parties in the Americas
Oceania
Regional variants African
American
Asian
Pan-Green Coalitionpolitics of Taiwan
European
Oceanian
Alliances
Notable persons Who attained a seat or government position
Americas Ingrid Betancourt – Colombia; presidency candidate 2002, kidnapped 2002–2008 Sergio Fajardo – Colombia, ex mayor of Medellin and presidential candidate of 2018 Claudia López – Colombia, first woman and LGBTQ+ mayor of bogota Elizabeth May – Canada; current leader of the Green Party of Canada and first Green member of the Canadian Parliament Jill Stein – USA; US Green Party's Presidential Candidate for 2012, 2016, and 2024, held a local position in Lexington until 2010 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 Adolfo Aguilar Zínser – Mexico; Green Senate 1997–2000 Asia Liaquat Ali Khan – Pakistan; first Prime Minister of the modern Pakistan
Europe
Natalie Bennett – United Kingdom; leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 2012–2016 Joseph Beuys – Germany; artist and founder member of the German Green Party Martin Bursík – The Czech Republic; former leader of the Czech Green Party and Minister of the Environment Tim Beaumont – United Kingdom; late peer in the House of Lords Daniel Cohn-Bendit – France / Germany; former student leader in 1968 and member of the European Parliament 1994–2014 Vera Dua – Belgium; former Flemish Green Party leader and Minister of Agriculture and Environment 1999–2003 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
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 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 Noël Mamère – France; Green Party's presidential candidate 2002 and former member of the European Parliament Robert Cramer – Switzerland; Green representative in the Swiss Council of States Åsa Romson – Sweden; Swedish Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister since 2014 Paul Rosenmöller – Netherlands; leader of the Dutch GreenLeft Party 1994–2002 Claudia Roth – Germany; German Green Party leader from 2004 to 2013 and Vice President of the Bundestag since 2013 Otto Schily – Germany; German Interior Minister 1998–2005; later switched to SPD Bart Staes – Belgium; Green member of the European Parliament since 1999 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
Others Bob Brown – Australia; former leader of the Australian Greens and Senator 1996–2012
Who are/were otherwise involved in politics
Jello Biafra – USA; singer-songwriter and runner-up in the US Green Party's presidential nomination 2000 David Cobb – USA; US Green Party's presidential candidate 2004 Peter Camejo – USA; three-time Green Californian gubernatorial candidate and independent vice-presidential candidate 2004
Felix Dodds – United Kingdom; environmental author, futurist, and activist René Dumont – France; first Green presidential candidate 1974, forefather of the French Green Party Les Verts and founding member of ATTAC Jim Harris – Canada; former leader of the Canadian Green Party 2003–2006 Winona LaDuke – USA; Native American activist and environmentalist; US Green Party's vice-presidential candidate 1996 and 2000
Wangari Maathai – Kenya; environmental and political activist; Nobel Peace Prize winner 2004 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
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
Publications List of environmental books List of Australian environmental books List of books about energy issues List of books about nuclear issues List of environmental journals List of scholarly journals in environmental economics List of environmental law reviews and journals List of environmental lawsuits List of ornithology journals List of wildlife magazines List of environmental periodicals List of environmental agreements List of environmental reports List of environmental websites
See also
References
External links
"Global Greens Charter" (2001). Canberra, Australia. Ecology and Society. Book on politics and sociology of environmentalism.