Green movement

The Green movement encompassesGreen parties andlarger ecology movement, peace movement, conservation movement, environmental movementgeneral trend towards environmentalismwhicharepart -most extreme memberswhichsometimes called Gaians or terrists. A more mainstream term formemberallthese movementspolitical ecologist, whichused especiallyEuropeacademic circles.

Not all political ecologists or "Greens"necessarily activeparties or Green politics. Many Greens disdain electoral politics asmatterconscience, refusingparticipateviolent processesdefiningenforcing laws. These often make reference tononviolence idealsMohandas Gandhi, althoughhistorical fact Gandhi was actively involvedparty politics his whole life.

Greens also often support traditional "left" socialist or "right" capitalist parties as part ofRed-Green Alliance or Blue-Green Alliance orachieve some tactical purpose. For example, in2000 US election some Movement Greens started "GreensGore"support then-US Vice President Al Gore ofUnited States Democratic Party against US Green Ralph Nader, who threatened"splitvote"elect opponent George W. Bush, whose views Greens saw as incompatibleenvironmentalism.

A rangeviews from Natural Capitalismthose ofGaians spanleft-right spectrum - which many Greens claim does not applythem or their long-term "seven generation" perspective. Critics claim that Greens who do not commitGreen partiespursuing short-term goals. Others claim that those who dosimple opportunists avoidingnecessityaligning themselves withspecific interest groupvoters,pursing single-issue politics. Aseverythingpolitics, any decisionwrong, but not makingdecisionalso wrong.

Thereno single test or metricdetermine whoornotmember ofGreen movement, but most Greens would agree thatFour Pillars originally defined by European Green Parties formbasisunity on which Greens base their ecological consensus process,which have been adopted elsewhere especially inpeace movement.

Some think that Green movement ideals converge todegreereligious thought, e.g. Buddhism, some strainsCatholicism including Thomas Berry's views,modern Islamic philosophyal-FaruqiNasr. Reconciling these withGreen idealfeminism isproblem, but theremuch similarity, e.g. between Islamic economicsGreen economics. These movements all agree that ethics must subordinatescientific method wherelatterlikelyleaddangerous changes, i.e.Precautionary Principle applies even tomost basic research.

See also: Greenpeace