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GREEN POLITICS

- IDEAS, PARTIES, ISSUES

University of Wroclaw

Theories of International Relations

Meha Lodha

26th November 2009



GREEN POLITICS

� A political ideology which places highimportance on environmental goals, andon achieving these goals through broad-

based, grassroots, participatorydemocracy.

� Green politics is advocated by supportersof the Green movement, which has beenactive through Green parties in manynations since the early 1970s.



IDEAS



JEAN- J ACQUES ROUSSEAU

"God makes all things good;man meddles with them andthey become evil."

(Émile, Dutton, NY,1966, pg. 5.)



M AHATM A GANDHI

� Satyagraha ± resistanceto tyranny throughmass civil disobedience

� Ahimsa ±non-violence

� Non-cooperationmovement

� Quit India movement

Inspiration for Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, AlbertEinstein, Al Gore, Barack Obama



PARTIES



GREEN PARTIES

A Green party is a formally organizedpolitical party based on the principles of

Green politics



GREEN PARTY FEATURES

Empowerment of people

Very active locally ± grassroots democracy

High priority to ethics, human values,nature

Intense coordination with other GreenParties at all levels



GOALS

Health of«

People

Societies

Ecosystems



GLOBAL GREENS

International network of Green parties & political movements

Founded in 2001 at Global Greens

Congress in Canberra, Australia 12-member steering committee ±

Global Green Coordination

Network of members ±Global Greens Network



GREEN CHARTER PRINCIPLES

Ecological wisdom

Social justice

Participatory democracy

Non-violence

Sustainability

Respect for diversity



CONTINENTAL GREENS

Member

Parties

Member

Countries

Federation of Green

Parties of Africa

15 15

Federation of GreenParties of Americas

11 11

Asia-Pacific GreenNetwork

14 14

European Green Party 35 31



GER M AN GREEN PARTY

1970¶s Environmentalists and peaceactivist groups

1980¶s Opposition to deployment of

nuclear missiles in West Germany

2000 Nuclear Exit Law (2020)



NEW ZEALAND GREEN PARTY

Legislation for youth wages and flexibleworking hours

Energy efficiency and waste reduction

legislation

Higher investment in public transport

Changes in school curriculum ±

environment Funding for various schemes



FOCUS

Combating Climate Change

Energy Efficiency

No to nuclear energy

Sustainable transport system ± publictransport, cycling, walking

Respect for diversity

Gender Equality

Animal Rights

Human Rights



ISSUES



NUCLEAR ENERGY

1980¶s - Opposition to deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany

1996 ± 69 Green Parties opposed FrenchNuclear Testing in South Pacific



CLIM ATE CHANGE

1997 ± 64 Green Parties issued statementto Kyoto climate change negotiators

T o be effective, this protocol must secure legally-bindingreductions in greenhouse gas emissions by theindustrialized countries.

Nuclear plants require 25-30 years of operation before they

deliver more energy than is needed to build and maintainthem.



GREAT APE PERSONHOOD

Legal recognition of bonobos, commonchimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans (non-human great apes) as bona fide persons

1992, Switzerland constitution recognizedanimals as beings and not things

2002 ± Germany ± rights to animals

2007 - Balearic Islands, Spain, passedlegislation granting legal rights to great apes



TRIVIA

New Zealand GP - Male and female co-leader

Mexican ± In favour of death penalty

European ± skeptical of European politicaland economic integration in 1970s-80s



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