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The Green Party is not one of the major political parties in the United States and as such it does not get nearly the amount of coverage that the Republican and Democratic parties do. However, there are ways you can Research Green Party Issues whether you are considering joining the Green Party or just want more information about the... more »
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The Green Party of the United States is a compilation state Green Party chapters that are dedicated to environmentalism, social justice, non-violence and grass-roots organizing. The Green party was established in its current form in 2001 after restructuring the pre-existing Association of State Green Parties (1996-2001) and has been... more »
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A Green party or ecologist party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of Green politics. These principles include environmentalism, reliance on grassroots democracy, nonviolence, and support for social justice causes. "Greens" believe that the exercise of these principles leads to the health of people, societies, and ecosystems.
Definitions
The distinction is very often made between "green parties" (lower-case letters) and "Green Parties" (capital letters). Any party, faction, or politician may be labeled "green" if it emphasizes environmental causes. Indeed, the term may even be used as a verb: it is not uncommon to hear of "greening" a party or a candidate.
In contrast, formally organized "Green Parties" follow a coherent ideology that includes not only environmentalism, but also other concerns such as social justice, consensus decision-making, and pacifism. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another. The best-known statement of Green values is the Four Pillars of the Green Party, adopted by the German Greens since their founding in 1979-1980.
Influence
The worlds first political parties to run on a predominantly environmental platform were the United Tasmania Group which contested the April 1972 state election in Tasmania, Australia and the Values Party of New Zealand, which contested the May 1972 New Zealand general election. The first green party in Europe was the Popular Movement for the Environment, founded in 1972 in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel. The first national green party in Europe was PEOPLE, founded in Britain in February 1973, which turned eventually into the Ecology Party, and then the Green Party.
The first Green Party to achieve national prominence was the German Green Party, famous for their opposition to nuclear power, as an expression of anti-centralist and pacifist values traditional to greens.
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