In many places in the industrial world people have formed Green Parties to bring these issues directly onto the political stage. The first Green Party in North America was formed in British Columbia in 1983. Similar parties have existed in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand since the 1970s and have elected representatives to local, regional, and national legislatures.
Greens come from all walks of life.
We are active in our communities, working on projects such as recycling, wilderness protection, and public education. Our position in the political spectrum is neither left nor right. The health of the planet and of the life it supports is at stake. The current world view of modern industrial society sees the universe as a mechanical system composed of elementary material building blocks, the human body as a machine, life as a competitive struggle, and believes in unlimited material progress. This vision has resulted in massive national debt, the wide and growing disparity between rich and poor, arms stockpiling, environmental destruction, and dwindling resources.