71-775: The Greens NSW , also known as the NSW Greens , is a green political party in New South Wales and a member of the Australian Greens . First formed in 1991, the Greens NSW began as a state-level party before joining with other green parties in Australia to create the current federated structure. The Greens NSW continue to be separate to the other state and territory Greens parties in several regards. The Greens NSW tend to be more left-wing in their political positions in comparison to
142-579: A PhD from the University of California, Berkeley . He was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University , and later an academic in electrical engineering at the University of New South Wales where he specialised in sustainable energy and greenhouse issues. After leaving the Labor Party in the late 1980s, Kaye worked for independent community candidates and developed
213-477: A legal and regulated market for the sale of cannabis. The party also supports a legal and regulated market for vaping. In this regard it supports elements such as: limits on nicotine levels in vapes, prohibiting the use of harmful chemicals in vapes, the requirement of health warnings on all vaping products, regulate vaping products so that nicotine vapes are only available to those aged over 18-years-old, to fund education programs targeted at teenagers to warn them of
284-480: A lower house electorate. This resulted in five Legislative Council seats and three Legislative Assembly seats. In October 2016, Jan Barham resigned and the casual vacancy was filled a few months later by former federal candidate for Richmond , Dawn Walker . In December 2018, Jeremy Buckingham resigned from the Greens NSW. Buckingham described the party as more focused on "bringing down capitalism" and "divisive identity politics" than acting on climate change. At
355-552: A passion for "sensible urban planning, genuine community consultation and participatory democracy" and he joined the Greens Party in 1997. From 1998 to 2001, Kaye was the Greens policy coordinator and, from 1999 to 2002, was policy advisor to Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon , leading campaigns for public education; sustainable transport ; the urban, rural, and natural environments; workers' rights; and developer donations to political parties. In
426-812: A report. The four Federations of Green Parties issued a message to FARC. Ingrid Betancourt was rescued by the Colombian military in Operation Jaque in 2008. Separately from the Global Green Gatherings, Global Green Meetings take place. For instance, one took place on the fringe of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Green Parties attended from Australia, Taiwan, Korea, South Africa, Mauritius, Uganda, Cameroon, Republic of Cyprus, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway,
497-609: A result, Green Parties all over the world have organized, pressing their governments to bring pressure to bear. For example, Green Parties in African countries, Austria, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, France, Scotland, Sweden and other countries have launched campaigns calling for Betancourt's release. Bob Brown , the leader of the Australian Greens , went to Colombia, as did an envoy from the European Federation, Alain Lipietz , who issued
568-469: A single issue where Greens can appeal to ordinary citizens' concerns. In Germany, for example, the Greens' early opposition to nuclear power won them their first successes in the federal elections. There is a growing level of global cooperation between Green parties. Global gatherings of Green Parties now happen. The first Planetary Meeting of Greens was held 30–31 May 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, immediately preceding
639-537: A state political party. Greens candidates have run in every federal election since 1984, when a single candidate ran in the federal Division of Sydney . The founding document of the Greens NSW described the organisation as the following: The Greens in Sydney come from many backgrounds. Environmental and resident activists. Nuclear disarmers . Dissidents from the Labor Party who have witnessed betrayals by both wings of that party. Feminists . Anarchists . Those inspired by
710-710: A state-level Cabinet in 1995. The German Greens followed, forming a government with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (the " Red-Green Alliance ") from 1998 to 2005. In 2001, they reached an agreement to end reliance on nuclear power in Germany, and agreed to remain in coalition and support the German government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the 2001 Afghan War . This put them at odds with many Greens worldwide, but demonstrated that they were capable of difficult political tradeoffs. In Latvia, Indulis Emsis , leader of
781-724: A statement by the US Green Party on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Thirdly, Global Green Gatherings are an opportunity for informal networking, from which joint campaigning may arise. For example, a campaign to protect the New Caledonian coral reef, by getting it nominated for World Heritage Status: a joint campaign by the New Caledonia Green Party, New Caledonian indigenous leaders, the French Green Party , and
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#1732884073918852-589: A strong advocate for renewable energy and energy efficiency . He believed in life-long, high quality, and free public education and was a determined spokesperson for public schools as well as Colleges of Technical and Further Education ( TAFE ). After gaining a Bachelor of Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Science at the University of Melbourne , Kaye worked as an engineer for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Kaye earned
923-723: A variety of sources, from the values of indigenous peoples , to the ethics of Mahatma Gandhi , Baruch Spinoza , and Jakob von Uexküll . These people influenced green thought in their advocacy of long-term seventh generation foresight, and on the personal responsibility of every individual to make moral choices. Unease about adverse consequences of human actions on nature predates the modern concept of environmentalism . Social commentators as far apart as ancient Rome and China complained of air, water and noise pollution . The philosophical roots of environmentalism can be traced back to enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau in France, and later
994-410: Is a matter of debate. As the left-wing green political philosophy developed, there also came into separate existence opposite movements on the right-wing that include ecological components such as eco-capitalism and green conservatism . 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
1065-699: Is composed of three representatives from each Green Party. A companion organization was set up by the same resolution: Global Green Coordination (GGC). This is composed of three representatives from each Federation (Africa, Europe, The Americas, Asia/Pacific, see below). Discussion of the planned organization took place in several Green Parties prior to the Canberra meeting. The GGC communicates chiefly by email. Any agreement by it has to be by unanimity of its members. It may identify possible global campaigns to propose to Green Parties worldwide. The GGC may endorse statements by individual Green Parties. For example, it endorsed
1136-451: Is considered a threat to well-being, which will replace natural environments and local cultures with a single trade economy, termed the global economic monoculture . This is not a universal policy of greens, as green liberals and green conservatives support a regulated free market economy with additional measures to advance sustainable development . Since green economics emphasizes biospheric health and biodiversity , an issue outside
1207-546: Is crucial that citizens play a direct role in the decisions that influence their lives and their environment. Therefore, green politics seeks to increase the role of deliberative democracy , based on direct citizen involvement and consensus decision making , wherever it is feasible. Green politics also encourages political action on the individual level, such as ethical consumerism , or buying things that are made according to environmentally ethical standards. Indeed, many green parties emphasize individual and grassroots action at
1278-413: Is hypocritical to ask for divestment without a boycott and that a boycott would be more effective. Some institutions that are leading by example in the academic area are Stanford University , Syracuse University , Sterling College and over 20 more. A number of cities, counties and religious institutions have also joined the movement to divest. Green politics mostly opposes nuclear fission power and
1349-442: Is not active within the party. Green politics Green politics , or ecopolitics , is a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society often, but not always, rooted in environmentalism , nonviolence , social justice 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 around
1420-881: Is not to be confused with the unrelated fact that in some far-right and fascist parties, nationalism has on occasion been tied into a sort of green politics which promotes environmentalism as a form of pride in the "motherland" according to a minority of authors. In June 1970, a Dutch group called Kabouters won 5 of the 45 seats on the Amsterdam Gemeenteraad (City Council), as well as two seats each on councils in The Hague and Leeuwarden and one seat apiece in Arnhem , Alkmaar and Leiden . The Kabouters were an outgrowth of Provo 's environmental White Plans and they proposed "Groene Plannen" ("Green Plans"). The first political party to be created with its basis in environmental issues
1491-590: Is the Irish Green Party 's commitment to the preservation of the Irish Language. Some of the green movement has focused on divesting in fossil fuels. Academics Stand Against Poverty states "it is paradoxical for universities to remain invested in fossil fuel companies". Thomas Pogge says that the fossil fuel divestment movement can increase political pressure at events like the international climate change conference (COP). Alex Epstein of Forbes notes that it
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#17328840739181562-472: The 1998 Constitutional Convention held in Canberra in February 1998. Catherine Moore led the ticket and was elected for NSW. She joined Christine Milne from Tasmania to focus on ensuring that the overall process was more inclusive. The Greens NSW retain the same basic structure which was created in 1991, with the formation of the statewide party. The Greens NSW make decisions affecting the state party through
1633-469: The 2003 state election , he acted as the Greens campaign coordinator and policy coordinator. In the 2004 federal election Kaye was the Greens lead candidate for the Australian Senate from New South Wales . As lead candidate, the Greens vote increased to 7.3% but, due to less-favourable preference flows, he failed to gain a seat by a margin of 0.5%. At the 2007 state election he was elected as
1704-465: The 2016 Austrian presidential election , making him the second green head of state worldwide and the first directly elected by popular vote. Van der Bellen placed second in the election's first round with 21.3% of the vote, the best result for the Austrian Greens in their history. He won the second-round run-off against the far-right Freedom Party 's Norbert Hofer with 53.8% of the votes, making him
1775-408: The 2019 state election there were two upper house Greens seats up for contest as was Buckingham's. David Shoebridge was re-elected, Abigail Boyd (former federal candidate for Dobell ) won one but Dawn Walker lost hers. Each of the three lower house seats were returned with a favourable swing. In 1997 The Greens NSW formed part of a joint ticket called Greens, Bill of Rights, Indigenous Peoples for
1846-631: The Asia-Pacific Green Network . The member parties of the Global Greens are organised into four continental federations: 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. Green movements are calling for social change to reduce
1917-703: The Australian Greens . Another example concerns Ingrid Betancourt , the leader of the Green Party in Colombia , the Green Oxygen Party ( Partido Verde Oxigeno ). Ingrid Betancourt and the party's Campaign Manager, Claire Rojas, were kidnapped by a hard-line faction of FARC on 7 March 2002, while travelling in FARC-controlled territory. Betancourt had spoken at the Canberra Gathering, making many friends. As
1988-535: The Blue Mountains . In 2017 The Greens elected a further 31 Councillors in Armidale, Bathurst, Canterbury Bankstown, Canada Bay, Hornsby, Inner West, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Orange, Parramatta, Queanbeyan Palerang, Randwick, Ryde. Snowy Mountains. Waverley, Willoughby, Woollahra, Wollongong. NSW Election Results Primary Vote ( LA ) The party first came close to electing a candidate in 1991, when Ian Cohen
2059-523: The German Greens . Socialists of various kinds. What is distinctive and unifying about this new force in Sydney is the emphasis on encouraging people’s self-confidence in their right to have their say, their right to democratically determine matters – whether they are large or small – which affect their lives. The party endorses candidates to stand for election in many of the 128 local government areas across NSW, including in rural and regional areas where
2130-631: The Green Party of Canada in 1983 (the Ontario Greens and British Columbia Greens were also formed that year). Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May was the instigator and one of the candidates of the Small Party and she was eventually elected as a member of the Green Party in 2011 Canadian federal election . In Finland, the Green League became the first European Green Party to form part of
2201-640: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held there. More than 200 Greens from 28 nations attended. The first formal Global Greens Gathering took place in Canberra , in 2001, with more than 800 Greens from 72 countries in attendance. The second Global Green Congress was held in São Paulo, Brazil, in May 2008, when 75 parties were represented. Global Green networking dates back to 1990. Following
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2272-474: The United States "call for an end to the ' War on Drugs '" and "for the decriminalization of victimless crimes ", they also call for developing "a firm approach to law enforcement that directly addresses violent crime, including trafficking in hard drugs". In Europe, some green parties have tended to support the creation of a democratic federal Europe , while others have opposed European integration . In
2343-572: The conservation , environmental , feminist and peace movements . In addition to democracy and ecological issues, green politics is concerned with civil liberties , social justice, nonviolence, sometimes variants of localism and tends to support social progressivism . Green party platforms are largely considered left in the political spectrum . The green ideology has connections with various other ecocentric political ideologies, including ecofeminism , eco-socialism and green anarchism , but to what extent these can be seen as forms of green politics
2414-442: The free market system, with some modification, is capable of addressing ecological problems. This belief is documented in the business experiences of eco-capitalists in the book, The Gort Cloud that describes the gort cloud as the green community that supports eco-friendly businesses. Since the beginning, green politics has emphasized local, grassroots -level political activity and decision-making. According to its adherents, it
2485-571: The German state of Baden-Württenburg , the Green Party became the leader of the coalition with the Social Democrats after finishing second in the 2011 Baden-Württemberg state election . In the following state election, 2016 , the Green Party became the strongest party for the first time in a German Landtag . In 2016, the former leader of the Austrian Greens (1997 to 2008), Alexander Van der Bellen , officially running as an independent, won
2556-536: The Green Party and part of the Union of Greens and Farmers , an alliance of a Nordic agrarian party and the Green Party, was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, making him the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. In 2015, Emsis' party colleague, Raimonds Vējonis , was elected President of Latvia by the Latvian parliament. Vējonis became the first green head of state worldwide. In
2627-467: The Green Party in Finland has come out against its previous anti-nuclear stance and has stated that addressing global warming in the next 20 years is impossible without expanding nuclear power. These officials have proposed using nuclear-generated heat to heat buildings by replacing the use of coal and biomass to reach zero-emission outputs by 2040. Green ideology emphasizes participatory democracy and
2698-554: The Greens further increased their vote, resulting in the election of Jamie Parker as the first Greens member of the Legislative Assembly, representing Balmain . David Shoebridge was re-elected and joined by Jan Barham and Jeremy Buckingham in the Legislative Council. In 2013 Cate Faehrmann resigned from the Legislative Council to contest a Senate seat. The resulting casual vacancy was filled by Mehreen Faruqi of
2769-622: The House of Representatives, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly or Local Government. There are currently 56 affiliated local groups in NSW. A variety of working groups have been established by the SDC, which are directly accessible to all Greens members. Working groups perform an advisory function by developing policy, conducting issues-based campaigns, or performing other tasks assigned by
2840-575: The Maritimes when 11 independent candidates (including one in Montreal and one in Toronto) ran in the 1980 federal election under the banner of the Small Party. Inspired by Schumacher's Small is Beautiful, the Small Party candidates ran for the expressed purpose of putting forward an anti-nuclear platform in that election. It was not registered as an official party, but some participants in that effort went on to form
2911-602: The Planetary Meeting of Greens in Rio de Janeiro , a Global Green Steering Committee was created, consisting of two seats for each continent. In 1993 this Global Steering Committee met in Mexico City and authorized the creation of a Global Green Network including a Global Green Calendar, Global Green Bulletin, and Global Green Directory. The Directory was issued in several editions in the next years. In 1996, 69 Green Parties from around
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2982-438: The SDC. These include: The party has described itself as being based on the principles of: ecological sustainability , grassroots democracy , social justice , peace and non-violence . The NSW Greens want to ban new coal and gas projects, as well as ban logging in public native forests, and aim for net-zero carbon emissions in NSW by 2035. They want to transition towards a circular economy that eliminates waste and expand
3053-593: The South Sydney Greens. At the 2015 State election current sitting members Jamie Parker , John Kaye and Mehreen Faruqi were re-elected. Two new members were elected to the Legislative Assembly: Jenny Leong in the new seat of Newtown and Tamara Smith in the previously safe National seat of Ballina . The Greens primary vote in Newtown of 45.6% is the party's highest ever primary vote in
3124-621: The State Delegates Council (SDC), a meeting that consists of a delegate from each local group. The SDC is the highest decision-making body, and controls election campaigns for statewide candidatures (such as the Senate and Legislative Council). It also decides on admitting new local groups as members of the Greens NSW. The party is made up of 'local groups', who cover a specific geographical area. Local groups have complete responsibility for elections held in their area, particularly elections for
3195-558: The UK came into existence. The German Green Party was not the first Green Party in Europe to have members elected nationally but the impression was created that they had been, because they attracted the most media attention: The German Greens , contended in their first national election in the 1980 federal election . They started as a provisional coalition of civic groups and political campaigns which, together, felt their interests were not expressed by
3266-763: The US, Mexico and Chile. The Global Green Meeting discussed the situation of Green Parties on the African continent; heard a report from Mike Feinstein , former mayor of Santa Monica , about setting up a web site of the GGN; discussed procedures for the better working of the GGC; and decided two topics on which the Global Greens could issue statements in the near future: Iraq and the 2003 WTO meeting in Cancun. Affiliated members in Asia, Pacific and Oceania form
3337-691: The author and naturalist Thoreau in America. Organised environmentalism began in late 19th-century Europe and the United States, as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution with its emphasis on unbridled economic expansion. "Green politics" first began as conservation and preservation movements, such as the Sierra Club , founded in San Francisco in 1892. Left-green platforms of the form that make up
3408-504: The buildup of persistent organic pollutants , supporting adherence to the precautionary principle , by which technologies are rejected unless they can be proven to not cause significant harm to the health of living things or the biosphere . Green platforms generally favor tariffs on fossil fuels , restricting genetically modified organisms , and protections for ecoregions or communities . The Green Party supports phasing out of nuclear power, coal, and incineration of waste. However,
3479-418: The conventional parties. After contesting the 1979 European elections they held a conference which identified Four Pillars of the Green Party which all groups in the original alliance could agree as the basis of a common Party platform: welding these groups together as a single Party. This statement of principles has since been utilised by many Green Parties around the world. It was this party that first coined
3550-520: The dangers of vaping, and reduce the waste caused by vaping by placing requirements on producers to minimise waste and recycle used nicotine vapourisers. There was only one publicly acknowledged faction within Greens New South Wales which is the Left Renewal faction. It was formed in late 2016 and presented itself as the far-left, anti-capitalist wing of state's party. As of 2021, Left Renewal
3621-582: The environment. Greens want governments to stop subsidizing companies that waste resources or pollute the natural world, subsidies that Greens refer to as "dirty subsidies". Some currents of green politics place automobile and agribusiness subsidies in this category, as they may harm human health. On the contrary, Greens look to a green tax shift that are seen to encourage both producers and consumers to make ecologically friendly choices. Many aspects of green economics could be considered anti-globalist . According to many left-wing greens, economic globalization
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#17328840739183692-774: The first president of Austria who was not backed by either the People's Party or the Social Democratic Party. According to Derek Wall , a prominent British green proponent, there are four pillars that define green politics: In 1984, the Green Committees of Correspondence in the United States expanded the Four Pillars into Ten Key Values, which further included: In 2001, the Global Greens were organized as an international green movement. The Global Greens Charter identified six guiding principles: Green economics focuses on
3763-657: The globe and have achieved some electoral success. The political term green was used initially in relation to die Grünen (German for "the Greens"), a green party formed in the late 1970s. The term political ecology is sometimes used in academic circles, but it has come to represent an interdisciplinary field of study as the academic discipline offers wide-ranging studies integrating ecological social sciences with political economy in topics such as degradation and marginalization, environmental conflict , conservation and control and environmental identities and social movements. Supporters of green politics share many ideas with
3834-460: The green parties today draw terminology from the science of ecology , and policy from environmentalism , deep ecology , feminism , pacifism , anarchism , libertarian socialism , libertarian possibilism , social democracy , eco-socialism , and/or social ecology or green libertarianism . In the 1970s, as these movements grew in influence, green politics arose as a new philosophy which synthesized their goals. The Green Party political movement
3905-444: The importance of the health of the biosphere to human well-being . Consequently, most Greens distrust conventional capitalism, as it tends to emphasize economic growth while ignoring ecological health; the " full cost " of economic growth often includes damage to the biosphere, which is unacceptable according to green politics. Green economics considers such growth to be " uneconomic growth "— material increase that nonetheless lowers
3976-596: The local and regional levels over electoral politics . Historically, green parties have grown at the local level, gradually gaining influence and spreading to regional or provincial politics, only entering the national arena when there is a strong network of local support. In addition, many greens believe that governments should not levy taxes against strictly local production and trade. Some Greens advocate new ways of organizing authority to increase local control, including urban secession , bioregional democracy , and co-operative/local stakeholder ownership. Although Greens in
4047-428: The local press, some by translating it for their web site, some by incorporating it into their manifesto, some by incorporating it into their constitution. This process is taking place gradually, with online dialogue enabling parties to say where they are up to with this process. The Gatherings also agree on organizational matters. The first Gathering voted unanimously to set up the Global Green Network (GGN). The GGN
4118-649: The major parties usually do not run candidates on party tickets. The Greens NSW currently have 58 councillors on 32 local councils around NSW. In NSW, local government elections were held in September 2016 and September 2017. In 2016 The Greens elected three mayors and 24 councillors in the 29 areas where candidates stood. Greens councillors were elected for the first time in: Albury , Broken Hill , Clarence Valley , Glen Innes Severn , Goulburn Mulwaree , Kyogle and Yass Valley . The Greens also grew their vote in Bellingen , Byron, Shoalhaven , Campbelltown , Kiama , Hawkesbury , Wingecarribee , Lismore, Hawkesbury and
4189-417: The misuse of natural resources. These include grassroots non-governmental organizations like Greenpeace and green parties: John Kaye (politician) John Kaye (23 October 1955–2 May 2016) was an Australian politician. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2007 state election and represented the Greens . He was a vocal critic of electricity industry privatisation and
4260-480: The other state parties, and continues to maintain the original Greens policy of not having a single parliamentary leader, instead being based on principles of collective leadership. The party currently sits on the crossbench in the New South Wales Parliament , and has representation federally in the Senate . The first Greens party was registered in 1984, but the Greens NSW did not take its current form until 1991, when six local groups in New South Wales federated as
4331-617: The overall quality of life. Green economics inherently takes a longer-term perspective than conventional economics, because such a loss in quality of life is often delayed. According to green economics, the present generation should not borrow from future generations, but rather attempt to achieve what Tim Jackson calls "prosperity without growth". Some Greens refer to productivism , consumerism and scientism as "grey", as contrasted with "green", economic views. "Grey" approaches focus on behavioral changes. Therefore, adherents to green politics advocate economic policies designed to safeguard
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#17328840739184402-416: The principle of " thinking globally, acting locally ." As such, the ideal Green Party is thought to grow from the bottom up, from neighborhood to municipal to (eco-)regional to national levels. The goal is to rule by a consensus decision making process. Strong local coalitions are considered a prerequisite to higher-level electoral breakthroughs. Historically, the growth of Green parties has been sparked by
4473-660: The protected areas network in NSW to at least 30% of the total landmass. On economic issues, the NSW Greens want to tax big business and redirect the money towards public services. The NSW Greens want to make public education free, including early childhood education, as well as make healthcare free and move towards more public ownership over hospitals and health clinics. The party supports nationalisation of public transport and making it free to use in New South Wales . The party wants to strengthen renters rights and impose rent controls , as well as invest in public housing. The NSW Greens want to expand worker's rights. The party supports
4544-458: The second candidate on a Greens ticket headed by Lee Rhiannon. Kaye's portfolio responsibilities included Premier & Cabinet, Treasury, Finance, Education and Training, Energy, Health Services, Science & Medical Research, Water Utilities, Fair Trading, Gaming and Racing, Infrastructure, and Commerce. In February 2016, Kaye was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He had been undergoing treatment, but died on 2 May 2016, aged 60. He
4615-465: The spirit of nonviolence, green politics oppose the war on terrorism and the curtailment of civil rights , focusing instead on nurturing deliberative democracy in war-torn regions and the construction of a civil society with an increased role for women. In keeping with their commitment to the preservation of diversity, greens are often committed to the maintenance and protection of indigenous communities, languages, and traditions. An example of this
4686-420: The term "Green" ("Grün" in German) and adopted the sunflower symbol. The term "Green" was coined by one of the founders of the German Green Party, Petra Kelly , after she visited Australia and saw the actions of the Builders Labourers Federation and their green ban actions. In the 1983 federal election , the Greens won 27 seats in the Bundestag . The first Canadian foray into green politics took place in
4757-415: The traditional left-right spectrum, different currents within green politics incorporate ideas from socialism and capitalism. Greens on the Left are often identified as eco-socialists , who merge ecology and environmentalism with socialism and Marxism and blame the capitalist system for environmental degradation , social injustice, inequality and conflict. eco-capitalists , on the other hand, believe that
4828-501: The world signed a common declaration opposing French nuclear testing in the South Pacific, the first statement of global greens on a current issue. A second statement was issued in December 1997, concerning the Kyoto climate change treaty. At the 2001 Canberra Global Gathering delegates for Green Parties from 72 countries decided upon a Global Greens Charter which proposes six key principles. Over time, each Green Party can discuss this and organize itself to approve it, some by using it in
4899-404: Was re-elected to the Legislative Council and joined by John Kaye , bringing the number of Members of the Legislative Council to four. In 2010 Lee Rhiannon resigned from the Legislative Council to contest and win a Senate seat, and Sylvia Hale also resigned her seat. The resulting casual vacancies were filled by Cate Faehrmann and David Shoebridge respectively. At the 2011 NSW state election
4970-513: Was the United Tasmania Group , founded in Australia in March 1972 to fight against deforestation and the creation of a dam that would damage Lake Pedder ; whilst it only gained three percent in state elections, it inspired the creation of Green parties all over the world. In May 1972, a meeting at Victoria University of Wellington launched the Values Party , the world's first countrywide green party to contest Parliamentary seats nationally. In November 1972, Europe's first green party, PEOPLE in
5041-418: Was the last Upper House candidate to be excluded in a contest against Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile for the final statewide seat. In the subsequent 1995 election, Cohen was elected to the NSW Legislative Council and became the first Greens parliamentary representative in NSW. In 1999 he was joined by Lee Rhiannon and in 2003 he was re-elected and joined by Sylvia Hale . In 2007 Lee Rhiannon
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