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Ecologists Of Greece
Ecologist of Greece ( el, Οικολόγοι Ελλάδας) is a Greek political party based in Athens that was founded in 1988. It is led by Konstantinos Papanikolas. The party publishes the magazine ''Health and Ecology'' (''Υγεία - Οικολογία'') and runs the television station ''Telelight'' (''Τηλεφώς''). It also used to run a radio station in Athens called ''Health and Ecology Radio'' (''Ράδιο Υγεία - Οικολογία'') until 2001, when it was shut down. In the 1989 European elections, it took 0,42% of the vote. Its share of the vote fell in subsequent elections. In the parliamentary elections of 2000 and 2004, and in the intervening local elections, Ecologists Greece formed an alliance with the Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI), the Agro Party (PAEKE) and others. The alliance won between 1 and 3 percent in these elections. On 11 September 2009, Georgios Karatzaferis, leader of the far-right nationalist Popular Orthodox Rally (Laos) party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Conservatism
Green conservatism is a combination of conservatism with environmentalism. Environmental concern has been voiced by both conservative politicians and philosophers throughout the history of modern conservatism, with Edmund Burke (the philosophical founder of modern conservatism), in his ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'', quoted as saying: "the earth, the kind and equal mother of all ought not to be monopolised to foster the pride and luxury of any men". The distinguishing feature of green conservatism is the adherence to market-based policies to address environmental concerns, rather than centralised planning. Individual and local empowerment is preferred over top down control. Where solutions to problems are global, such as climate change, green conservatives believe the government's role "is to empower individuals, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists to collaborate and come up with innovations that will solve climate change." Critics suggest that this has actually cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |