Green Democracy

Would you join the Green Party or not?  What aspects of green values do you believe should be ideally incorporated into a "green" party?  Do these align, do you think, with the Green Party? Also, are the Earth First! activists justified in their actions?  

The Green Party is a group of "greens" that are comitted to the environment with non-voilence, social justice, and grassroots methods. With that being said, I would support their values and motives because I think that they are important. Their structure is based off of the green values that we have studied in class. The ones that I feel are most important to emphasize are Green Democracy, Social Justice and Equal Opportunity, Non-volience, and Future Focus. The others may seem too radical for those that are not interested or educated in this party and their ideals. I can not say wether I would be interested in joining the Green Party but it is something that I would definitily look into when looking at whos running during an election. I think that the more support and Green Democracts in office, the better because they may be able to help influcence policy making. 


The Earth First! group's actions and ideas are good in some ways. Based on what I know and have read, they take a very forward approach to saving the environment and getting the message out there. Their methods of "monkey-wrenching" are detailed and thought out, which is a good thing when you are targeting and forcing an action to be stopped. However, I think that it is a little extreme. I wouldn't even think to vandalize a piece of machinery so that their actions don't harm the environment. Personally I dont think that this is fair or just because it may not be workers fault that they are instructed to bulldoze a peice of land and I don't think they should be punished. I would take a larger approach of going directly to the company or contractor and try to work something out more maturely.