What is the history of the Green Movement and the international Green Parties?
The first green party in the world, called the Values Party, was started in the early 1970s in New Zealand. The first green party in the western hemisphere was formed in the Maritimes, in the mid to late 70’s, and was called the Small Party after E.F. Schumacher’s book “Small is Beautiful”. In Britain the green party was called the Ecology party, before the name “Green” became common. But it wasn’t till the West German Green Party, called die Groenen, crossed the vote threshold of 5% and entered the German legislature in the late 1970s, that the green political movement started in earnest, and since spread all over the world. Presently there are over 100 Green Parties world-wide, and there are Green members elected in dozens of countries. At the moment the Green Party is participating in governing coalitions in Mexico, New Zealand, Italy, France, Germany, and Finland.
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