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GREEN POLITICS
- IDEAS, PARTIES, ISSUES
University of Wroclaw
Theories of International Relations
Meha Lodha
26th November 2009
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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.
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IDEAS
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JEAN- J ACQUES ROUSSEAU
"God makes all things good;man meddles with them andthey become evil."
(Émile, Dutton, NY,1966, pg. 5.)
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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
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PARTIES
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GREEN PARTIES
A Green party is a formally organizedpolitical party based on the principles of
Green politics
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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
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GOALS
Health of«
People
Societies
Ecosystems
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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
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GREEN CHARTER PRINCIPLES
Ecological wisdom
Social justice
Participatory democracy
Non-violence
Sustainability
Respect for diversity
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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ISSUES
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NUCLEAR ENERGY
1980¶s - Opposition to deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany
1996 ± 69 Green Parties opposed FrenchNuclear Testing in South Pacific
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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.
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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
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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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