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. See similar questions...

The Green movement encompasses the Green parties and the larger ecology movement, peace movement, conservation movement, environmental movement and general trend towards environmentalism of which they are a part. A mainstream term for a member of all of these movements is political ecologist, which is used especially in Europe and academic circles. See similar questions...

NME and Sounds reputedly took the term Gothic from Siouxsie Sioux (of the Banshees) who used it to describe the new direction for her band. However the earliest significant usage of the term (as applied to music) was by Anthony H. Wilson who was overcome by a rare moment of lucidity on a 1978 BBC TV program when he described Joy Division as Gothic compared with the pop mainstream. See similar questions...

Humanity: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, born of a desire to bring assistance without discrimination to the wounded on the battlefield, endeavours, in its international and national capacity, to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found. Its purpose is to protect life and health and to ensure respect for the human being. It promotes mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace amongst all peoples. See similar questions...

International Parties is for people who want to make new friends in Tokyo. It is for people who want to increase their network of friends and contacts. International parties are usually NOT a match making party, although if so, it is usually stated in their respective advertisements. The ultimate goal is to make new friends! See similar questions...

We are talking with many parties. The initial reactions to our proposals have been exciting and we are currently considering these. Further developments will be announced on the website. See similar questions...

The origins of the children's movement were early in the last century. It has grown dramatically in recent years and gained greater coherence with the drafting and entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. See similar questions...

The Green Party of Canada was founded in 1983, born from a conference held at Carleton University in Ottawa. Under their first leader, Dr. Trevor Hancock, the party ran 52 candidates in the 1984 federal election. In 2004, the GPC became only the fourth political party in Canadian history to run a full slate of candidates - one in each of the 308 electoral districts! See similar questions...

The Green Party of Ontario became an officially registered political party in 1983 after volunteers collected 10,000 nominating signatures. The Green Party of Ontario supports green economics, progressive social planning, and begins with the basic premise that all life on the planet is interconnected and that humans have a responsibility to protect and preserve the natural world. See similar questions...

Launched with funding from a US Environmental Protection Agency grant, Green Advantage? is the result of collaboration between the Nature Conservancy, Science Applications International Corporation, and the University of Florida. As a result of successful piloting and the work of scores of professionals assisting in the development of curricula, training and Exams, approximately 1000 building-related practitioners have taken the Green Advantage® Certification Exam. See similar questions...

If you make multiple new topics in one operation, you will see all the topic names in one history item, instead of many history items, one per topic. The lettering will be in green to show that this is different to a single-topic history item. [You make multiple topics by providing two or more topic names separated by the | character.] If you use anti-virus software with script-blocking enabled, this may be preventing the action you were attempting. See similar questions...

We are a group of human rights advocates concerned about Israeli human rights abuses of Palestinians, the continued occupation and annexation of Palestinian land and violations of international law. The movement is Palestinian-led, and international and Israeli peace activists work to support their nonviolent direct action against the occupation. See similar questions...

The Green Party of Canada is independent of other Green Parties around the world, and provincial Green Parties in Canada, yet remains philosophically aligned with them. The Green Party begins with the basic premise that all life on the planet is interconnected and that humans have a responsibility to protect and preserve the natural world. See similar questions...

The Green Party of Ontario is independent of other green parties in Canada and around the world, yet remains philosophically aligned with them. See similar questions...

Launched in 2001, MediaWise is a national movement designed to help concerned adults "watch what your kids watch" by building public awareness of the epidemic of media violence, establishing community-based training and education programs, and commissioning careful research to monitor the ongoing effects of media's influence on children. See similar questions...

The Global Sun Oven is used worldwide. Currently they are being used in over 125 countries around the world. In many of these countries, they are purchased unassembled, and the final assembly is completed on location. This reduces the overall cost of the ovens and shipping while creating jobs locally. The demands of massive population growth, and inefficient conversion of wood to charcoal, have outstripped the developing world forests ability to regenerate. See similar questions...

The Green Party started in West Germany in 1979 when a group of civic organizations united in opposition to nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Petra Kelly, one of the founding members of the Green Party, became Germany's first female political party leader in 1980. Activists soon started organizing for Green politics around the world. In 1984 Charlene Spretnak authored the Green Ten Key Values, which continue to be the guiding values of Greens in this country. See similar questions...

Global Exchange began spearheading a campaign to promote Fair Trade coffee in the summer of 1999. During the summer we focused our campaign on our local Bay Area. We organized a coalition of interested human rights, environmental, church, social justice, and student organizations that believed in the model of Fair Trade and wanted to help promote living wages for farmers. See similar questions...

Most experts agree that acupuncture is over 3000 years old. Oriental Medicine is the most widely utilized healing system on the planet. Its roots are in China, but evidence of its potential to help the sick and injured are apparent in many places, including all of Asia, Europe and North and South America. See similar questions...