http://greenpolitics.ca A grassroots view of green politics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/04/nine-shades-of-green/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/04/nine-shades-of-green/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:38:23 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=353 Some political commentators focus on differences between light and deep greens, while others stress the distinction between between left and right greens. Saskatchewan writer David Greenfield has identified nine distinct types of green, covering almost the entire spectrum of contemporary political and ecological views, and believes it is important to name them to find a way forward for the contemporary ecological movement.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/04/nine-shades-of-green/feed/ 2 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/can-green-parties-stay-green/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/can-green-parties-stay-green/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:46:32 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=173 As polls show public support for the Green Party of Canada rising steadily to between 10% and 12% nationally and up to 15% here in BC, the tension between possible electoral success and the party’s set of basic Green political values becomes even more apparent. The problem is that most party members have no knowledge or understanding of core Green values.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/can-green-parties-stay-green/feed/ 15 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-non-hierarchical/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-non-hierarchical/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:23:45 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=147 This is the second of a two-part series on restructuring Green political parties in accordance with Green values. The first part of this series considered the democratic deficiencies present in centralised Green parties. This second part presents a non-hierarchical structural model that offers many advantages to revitalise Green parties as dynamic centres of citizen activism.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-non-hierarchical/feed/ 6 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:32:00 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=134 Despite the intent to create a more democratic political process, many Green parties from the start adopted the same ‘top-down’ hierarchical structure as mainstream political parties. Their leadership progressively sealed themselves off from the party’s grass roots, and in many cases membership and fundraising declined precipitously. This analysis looks at why.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/green-politics-is-not-top-down/feed/ 1 http://greenpolitics.ca/1985/06/distributed-democracy/ http://greenpolitics.ca/1985/06/distributed-democracy/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 1985 20:36:38 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=468 http://greenpolitics.ca/1985/06/distributed-democracy/feed/ 0