Green Options » Green Party http://greenoptions.com/tag/green-party Posts tagged 'Green Party' Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mahatma Gandhi, A Sustainable Development Pioneer http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/14/mahatma-gandhi-who-first-envisioned-the-concept-of-sustainable-development/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/14/mahatma-gandhi-who-first-envisioned-the-concept-of-sustainable-development/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:08:00 +0000 Govind Singh http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/14/mahatma-gandhi-who-first-envisioned-the-concept-of-sustainable-development/ This article is part of EcoWorldly’s week-long spotlight on Politicians You Can Believe In. To read more, subscribe to our RSS feed, or view our posts about politics.

Mahatma Gandhi first talked of Sustainable Development

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”

- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 to 1948)

More popularly known for his non-violent struggle for India’s independence, so much so that his birth anniversary is now also the International Day for Non-Violence, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi - who led India to her freedom, was also an environmentalist. And such was his passion, vision and understanding of the environment - back in the days when nationalism overruled any global thinking - that his writings and thoughts are punchlines for almost all present day environmental organizations and campaigns.

Be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

A man of words and action, who always believed in leading by example, Gandhi was not just a great political and spiritual leader, he was also a thinker and one of the first who thought on the lines of sustainable development. His teachings of simple living and high thinking and considerable portions of his writings reveal his thought process in the direction of sustainable development.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/14/mahatma-gandhi-who-first-envisioned-the-concept-of-sustainable-development/feed/ In Honor of Peter Camejo: A Politician That Fought for Environmental Justice and Social Responsibility http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/in-honor-of-peter-camejo-a-politician-that-fought-for-environmental-justice-and-social-responsibility/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/in-honor-of-peter-camejo-a-politician-that-fought-for-environmental-justice-and-social-responsibility/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:32:05 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/in-honor-of-peter-camejo-a-politician-that-fought-for-environmental-justice-and-social-responsibility/ Peter Camejo and Ralph NaderOn Saturday, September 13, 2008, Green Party Vice Presidential and gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo died from lymphoma. He was 68 years old. Former running mate Ralph Nader wrote:

Peter was a friend, colleague and politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western Hemisphere. Everyone who met Peter, talked to Peter, worked with Peter, or argued with Peter, will miss the passing of a great American.

In 2002, 2003 and 2006, Camejo ran for governor of California on a platform of abortion rights, the legalization and taxation of marijuana, universal health care, and a moratorium on the death penalty. In 1976, he was the Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate. In 2004, Camejo was Ralph Nader’s pick for vice president. I have voted for Camejo on several occasions.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/in-honor-of-peter-camejo-a-politician-that-fought-for-environmental-justice-and-social-responsibility/feed/ Canadian Green Party Leader in the Debates http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:44:15 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/ So, it seems that raising a fuss, and threatening to go to court can pay results. As recounted earlier in this post, Elizabeth May, leader of the Canadian Green Party was being prevented from participating in the televised leader’s debate featuring leaders of Canadian political parties with sitting members of parliament. As of this afternoon, the broadcasters’ consortium has agreed to allow her to participate, and just as importantly, the other participants have agreed not to boycott.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/feed/ Canadian Green Party Leader Banned from Televised Debates http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:58:06 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/ Canada’s Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, is taking Canadian broadcasters to court over their decision to exclude her from the party leader debates ahead of Canada’s federal elections on October 14th. Canada’s media consortium decided to exclude her from the televised leader debates after the other participants supposedly threatened to boycott the debates if she was included.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/feed/ UK Greens Elect First Leader in Party’s History http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/06/uk-greens-elect-first-leader-in-partys-history/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/06/uk-greens-elect-first-leader-in-partys-history/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:32:14 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/06/uk-greens-elect-first-leader-in-partys-history/ On Friday, the UK Green Party named their first leader in since the party’s formal inception in 1985. Caroline Lucas was elected leader following a ballot of the party’s members on Friday in London.

Until now the Green party has always had what they call “principal speakers,” that act as spokespeople for the party, rather than any structure of formal leadership. In the party’s formative 1970’s, founders were suspicious of such hierarchies, and for that reason did without them.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/06/uk-greens-elect-first-leader-in-partys-history/feed/ Petroleum Gets a Free Pass While Biofuels Are Torn Apart (Opinion) http://gas2.org/2008/09/04/petroleum-gets-a-free-pass-while-biofuels-are-torn-apart-opinion/ http://gas2.org/2008/09/04/petroleum-gets-a-free-pass-while-biofuels-are-torn-apart-opinion/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:45:56 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/09/04/petroleum-gets-a-free-pass-while-biofuels-are-torn-apart-opinion/ In what he describes as misplaced behavior, Nikola Davidson, program director for the Northwest Biofuels Association, has raised a good point in a Seattle Weekly article — why is it that biofuels are becoming the ire of green activists while petroleum appears to be getting a free pass?

The issue stems from activist and Green Party candidate for Washington governor Duff Badgley’s attempts to drive customers away from a new biofuel station in northwest Seattle. Allegedly Badgley and his group, One Earth, have been harassing customers by taking pictures of their license plates and passing out leaflets that proclaim biofuels as a “scourge on humankind.”

Biofuels certainly have a hard row to hoe in terms of reaching sustainability, and the activists have some valid concerns, but a “scourge on humanity”? Really? It’s almost laughable.

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