The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to green politics:
Green politics – political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy. It began taking shape in the western world in the 1970s; since then Green parties have developed and established themselves in many countries across the globe, and have achieved some electoral success.
Green politics can be described as:
activism
an ideology
a political ideology
a social movement
a political movement
part of the environmental movement
Green party
Green state
Agrarianism
Environmentalism
Localism
Social liberalism
Green politics shares many ideas with the following movements:
Animal rights movement
Anti-globalization movement
Climate movement
Conservation movement
Environmental movement
Feminist movement
Local food movement
Peace movement
Bright green environmentalism
Deep ecology
Eco-feminism
Eco-socialism
Green anarchism
Anarchism and nature
Green conservatism
Green left
Green liberalism
Green libertarianism
Green municipalism
Green Zionism
Green syndicalism
Social ecology
Values and principles
Four Pillars of the Green Party
Ecological wisdom
Grassroots democracy
Nonviolence
Pacifism
Peace movement
Social justice
Human rights
Civil liberties
Social equality
Economic egalitarianism
Equal opportunity
Equality of outcome
Solidarity
Global Greens Charter
Consensus democracy
Deliberative democracy
Direct democracy
Participatory democracy
Grassroots democracy
Bioregional democracy
Inclusive Democracy
List of environmental issues
Ecotheology
Environmentalism
Green building
Green technology
Human ecology
Political ecology
Social ecology
Sustainable development
Ecofeminism
Feminist economics
Eco-capitalism
Ecological economics
Eco-socialism
Ecotax
Feminist economics
Free-market environmentalism
Georgism
Geolibertarianism
A few issues affect most of the green parties around the world, and can often inhibit global cooperation. Some affect structure, and others affect policy:
Anti-nuclear
Bioregionalism
Biosafety
Biosecurity
Electoral reform
Fundamentalism vs. Realism
Greenwashing
Indigenous peoples
Land reform
Natural capitalism
Primate extinction
Prometheanism
Rainforest destruction
Safe trade
On matters of ecology, extinction, biosafety, biosecurity, safe trade and health security, "Greens" generally agree. There are very substantial policy differences between and among Green Parties in various countries and cultures, and a continuing debate about the degree to which natural ecology and human needs align. Agreement on particular issues is often reached using a consensus decision making process.
Global Greens
WEP - World Ecological Parties
The member parties of the Global Greens (see for details) are organised into four continental federations [1].
Federation of Green Parties of Africa
Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas / Federación de los Partidos Verdes de las Américas
Asia-Pacific Green Network
European Federation of Green Parties
The European Federation of Green Parties formed itself as the European Green Party on 22 February 2004, in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June, 2004, a further step in trans-national integration.
European Green Party
European Federation of Green Parties/European Free Alliance (Faction in the European Parliament)
Austrian Green Party (Austria)
Groen! (Belgium)
Ecolo (Belgium)
Green Party (Czech Republic)
Estonian Greens
Vihreä Liitto (Finland)
Les Verts (France)
Alliance '90/The Greens (Germany)
Green Party faction (Bundestag) (Germany)
Left-Green Movement (Iceland)
Green Party (Ireland)
Federation of the Greens (Italy)
Latvian Green Party (Latvia)
Free List (Liechtenstein)
Environment Party The Greens (Norway)
The Greens (Poland)
The Greens (Portugal)
Partido da Terra (Galiza)
Partido da Terra (Portugal)
Miljöpartiet de Gröna (Sweden)
Green Party of Switzerland
Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
GroenLinks (The Netherlands)
The Greens (Netherlands) (The Netherlands)
article also known as De Groenen
Party of Greens of Ukraine (Ukraine)
United Kingdom:
Green Party in Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)
Green Party of England and Wales (England and Wales)
Scottish Green Party (Scotland)
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (Spain, only in Catalonia)
Africa and Asia
Ha-Yerukim (Israel)
Green Party of Pakistan
ECOPEACE Party (South Africa)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mazingira Green Party of Kenya
Rainbow and Greens (Japan)
Green Party of Malaysia
Green Party Taiwan
Iraqi Green Party
Federation of Green Parties of the Americas
Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Mexico)
Green Party of Canada (Canada)
Green Party of British Columbia (Canada)
Green Party of Ontario (Canada)
List of Green party leaders in Canada
List of Green politicians who have held office in Canada
Green Party (United States) (USA)
See also Green Committees of Correspondence, Greens/Green Party USA, Boston Proposal
The Green Party of Alaska, etc.
Green Party Central Option (Colombia)
Australian Greens Party (Australia)
United Tasmania Party (Australia)
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (New Zealand)
Values Party (New Zealand, historical)
Wild Greens (New Zealand Green Party youth movement)
Blue-green alliance
Red-green alliance
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser (Mexico; Green Senate 1997-2000)
Lord Beaumont of Whitley (United Kingdom; former member of the Houses of Parliament)
Natalie Bennett (United Kingdom; current leader of the Green Party of England and Wales)
Ingrid Betancourt (Colombia; presidency candidate 2002, kidnapped 2002-2008)
Joseph Beuys (Germany; artist and founder member of the German Green Party)
Jello Biafra (USA; singer-songwriter and runner-up in the US Green Party's Presidential nomination 2000)
Bob Brown (Australia; former leader of the Australian Greens and Senator 1996-2012)
Martin Bursík (Czech Republic; former leader of the Czech Green Party and Minister of the Environment)
Peter Camejo (USA; three-time Green Californian gubernatorial candidate and independent vice-presidential candidate 2004)
David Cobb (USA; US Green Party's presidential candidate 2004)
Daniel Cohn-Bendit (France / Germany; former student leader in 1968 and member of the European Parliament 1994-2014)
Robert Cramer (Switzerland; Green representative in the Swiss Council of States)
Felix Dodds (United Kingdom; environmental author, futurist and activist)
Vera Dua (Belgium; former Flemish Green Party leader and Minister of Agriculture and Environment 1999-2003)
René Dumont (France; first Green presidential candidate 1974, forefather of the French Green Party Les Verts and founding member of ATTAC)
Indulis Emsis (Latvia; Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, first Green politician to lead a country)
Joschka Fischer (Germany; leading figure in the German Greens and Vice Chancellor of Germany and Foreign Minister 1998-2005)
Monica Frassoni (Italy; co-chair of the European Greens group in the European Parliament 2002-2009)
Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan; first Prime Minister of the modern Pakistan)
Jim Harris (Canada; former leader of the Canadian Green Party 2003-2006)
Femke Halsema (Netherlands; leader of the Dutch GreenLeft parliamentary party 2002-2010)
Petra Kelly (Germany; founding member of the German Greens)
Fritz Kuhn (Germany; former chair of German Green's parliamentary group 2005-2009 and first Green mayor of Stuttgart since 2012)
Renate Künast (Germany; German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture 2001-2005 and chair of the German Green's parliamentary group 2005-2013)
Winona LaDuke (USA; Native American activist and environmentalist; US Green Party's vice-presidential candidate 1996 and 2000)
Brice Lalonde (France; French Minister of the Environment 1991-1992 and founder of the green party Génération Ecologie)
Alain Lipietz (France; Green engineer and economist; member of the European Parliament 1999-2009)
Caroline Lucas (United Kingdom; co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 2016-Present and first Green member of the Houses of Commons since 2010)
Ulrike Lunacek (Austria; Vice President of the European Parliament since 2014)
Wangari Maathai (Kenya; environmental and political activist; Nobel Peace Prize winner 2004)
Noël Mamère (France; Green Party's presidential candidate 2002 and former member of the European Parliament)
Elizabeth May (Canada; current leader of the Green Party of Canada and first Green member of the Canadian Parliament)
Ralph Nader (USA; US Green Party's Presidential Candidate 1996 and 2000 as well as independent Presidential Candidate in 2004 and 2008)
Ken Pentel (USA; US Green Party's gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota in 1998, 2002 and 2006)
Jonathon Porritt (United Kingdom; environmentalist and advocate of the Green Party of England and Wales)
Åsa Romson (Sweden; Swedish Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister since 2014)
Claudia Roth (Germany; German Green Party leader from 2004 to 2013 and Vice President of the Bundestag since 2013)
Paul Rosenmöller (Netherlands; leader of the Dutch GreenLeft Party 1994-2002)
Otto Schily (Germany; German Interior Minister 1998-2005; later switched to SPD)
E. F. Schumacher (Germany / United Kingdom; Green economic thinker)
Peter Singer (Australia; moral philosopher and Green candidate for the Australian Senate in 1996)
Charlene Spretnak (USA; ecofeminist and cofounder of the US Green Party)
Bart Staes (Belgium; Green member of the European Parliament since 1999)
Jill Stein (USA; US Green Party's Presidential Candidate 2012 and likely 2016)
Jaromír Štětina (Czech Republic; Green Senator 2004-2014 and member of the European parliament since 2014)
Jürgen Trittin (Germany; German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 1998-2005 and chair of the Green parliamentary group 2009-2013)
Alexander Van der Bellen (Austria; leader of the Austrian Green Party 1997-2008 and President-elect of Austria by winning the presidential election 2016)
Raimonds Vējonis (Latvia; President of Latvia since 2015, making him the first green head of state worldwide)
Jason West (USA; former mayor of New Paltz, New York and same sex marriage activist)
Blair Wilson (Canada; former liberal member of the Canadian Parliament, later became member of the Green Party)
List of environmental books
List of Australian environmental books
List of books about energy issues
List of books about nuclear issues
List of environmental journals
List of scholarly journals in environmental economics
List of environmental law reviews and journals
List of environmental lawsuits
List of ornithology journals
List of wildlife magazines
List of environmental periodicals
List of environmental agreements
List of environmental reports
List of environmental websites
"Green" articles that don't relate in any way to Green politics or parties
Greenpeace – an environmentalist NGO
Green Revolution – chemistry in agriculture
Pan-Green Coalition – politics of Taiwan
European United Left–Nordic Green Left – socialist faction in the European Parliament
