GreenpoliticsCoretopics.doc

Green politics Green politics is a  HYPERLINK /wiki/Political_ideology \o Political ideology political ideology which places a high importance on  HYPERLINK /wiki/Ecology \o Ecology ecological and  HYPERLINK /wiki/Environmentalism \o Environmentalism environmental goals, and on achieving these goals through broad-based,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Grassroots \o Grassroots grassroots,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Participatory_democracy \o Participatory democracy participatory democracy. Green politics is advocated by supporters of the Green movement, which has been active through  HYPERLINK /wiki/Green_parties \o Green parties Green parties in many nations since the early 1980s. The political term Green, a translation of the  HYPERLINK /wiki/German_language \o German language German Grün, was coined by  HYPERLINK /wiki/Alliance_%2790/The_Greens \o Alliance 90/The Greens die Grünen, the first successful Green party, formed in the late 1970s. The term political ecology is sometimes used in  HYPERLINK /wiki/Europe \o Europe Europe and in academic circles. Supporters of Green politics, called Greens, share many ideas with the  HYPERLINK /wiki/Ecology_movement \o Ecology movement ecology,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Conservation_movement \o Conservation movement conservation,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Environmental_movement \o Environmental movement environmental,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Feminist_movement \o Feminist movement feminist, and  HYPERLINK /wiki/Peace_movement \o Peace movement peace movements. In addition to democracy and ecological issues, green politics is concerned with  HYPERLINK /wiki/Civil_liberties \o Civil liberties civil liberties,  HYPERLINK /wiki/Social_justice \o Social justice social justice and  HYPERLINK /wiki/Nonviolence \o Nonviolence nonviolence. History and influences Adherents to green politics tend to consider it to be part of a higher worldview and not simply a political ideology. Green politics draws its ethical stance from a