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Encyclopedia > Environmental responsibility
Part of the Politics series on Green politics

Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... Green politics or Green ideology is the ideology of the Green Parties, mainly informed by environmentalism, ecosophy and sustainable economics and aimed at developing a sustainable society. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (645x641, 612 KB) I needed to work with a close cropped version of this image. ...

Topics

Green movement
Green party
List of Green topics It has been suggested that Greens be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the green parties around the world. ... This list of Green topics includes people, parties, organizations, and ideas associated with Green politics. ...

Organizations

Global Greens · Africa · Americas · Asia-Pacific · Europe The Global Greens (or formally: the Global Green Network) are an organization of cooperating Green parties. ... The Federation of Green Parties of Africa is the organization of Green parties in Africa. ... The Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas is the organization of Green parties in North America and South America. ... The Asia-Pacific Green Network is a federation of national Green parties in countries in the Pacific Ocean and Asia, and is a member of the Global Greens. ... European Greens (or the European Green Party) is the name of the European Green Party, a political party at European level. ...

Principles

Four Pillars
Global Greens Charter: ecological wisdom
social justice
participatory democracy
nonviolence
sustainability
respect diversity
The worldwide green parties are committed to the following Four Pillars: Ecology (sometimes Ecological Wisdom or Ecological Sustainability) Social Justice (sometimes Social Equality and Economic Justice) Grassroots Democracy Non-Violence In German, they are known as Die Grünen: ökologisch, sozial, basisdemokratisch, gewaltfrei. ... The Global Greens Charter is a document that 800 delegates from the Green parties of 70 countries decided upon a first gathering of the Global Greens in Canberra, Australia in April 2001. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Participatory democracy is a broadly inclusive term for many kinds of consultative decision making which require consultation on important decisions by those who will carry out the decision. ... Nonviolence (or non-violence) can be both a political strategy or moral philosophy that rejects the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political change. ... Sustainability is an attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future. ... The prerogative to respect diversity, often said to begin with biodiversity of non-human life, is basic to some 20th century studies such as cultural ecology, Queer studies, and anthropological linguistics. ...


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The term ecological wisdom, or ecosophy, is a philosophy of ecological harmony or equilibrium. It was introduced by Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in 1973. The concept is the outgrowth of the environmentalism of the 1960s and has become one of the foundations of the deep ecology movement. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ecosophy, also ecophilosophy, is a neologism made by contracting the phrase ecological philosophy. ... Arne Dekke Eide Næss (born January 27, 1912) is widely regarded as the foremost Norwegian philosopher of the 20th century[1], and is the founder of deep ecology. ... For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... Deep ecology is a recent branch of ecological philosophy (ecosophy) that considers humankind as an integral part of its environment. ...


All expressions of values by Green Parties list ecological wisdom as a key value—it was one of the original Four Pillars of the Green Party and is often considered the most basic value of these parties. This article is about the green parties around the world. ... The worldwide green parties are committed to the following Four Pillars: Ecology (sometimes Ecological Wisdom or Ecological Sustainability) Social Justice (sometimes Social Equality and Economic Justice) Grassroots Democracy Non-Violence In German, they are known as Die Grünen: ökologisch, sozial, basisdemokratisch, gewaltfrei. ...


It is also often associated with indigenous religion and cultural practices. The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. ... Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...


In its political context, it is necessarily not as easily defined as ecological health or scientific ecology concepts. It refers in part to biomimicry (imitating the efficiency of nature's services and bodily forms). Ecological health or ecological integrity or ecological damage is used to refer to symptoms of an ecosystems pending loss of carrying capacity, ability to perform natures services, or pending ecocide due to cumulative causes such as pollution. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, biomimicry, or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. ... Natures services is an umbrella term for the ways in which nature benefits humans, particularly those benefits that can be measured in economic terms. ...


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Environmentally Responsible Publishing (1273 words)
But their persistence has paid off-as veritable walking encyclopedias of environmentally responsible publishing, they now have the knowledge to make informed decisions about their publishing practices, even in the face of schedule and budget crunches and complex environmental dilemmas.
A relatively new phenomenon is forest certification, an environmental stamp of approval that provides consumers with the assurance that the forests harvested for their paper products are managed sustainably, using ecologically sound practices.
Bruner was one of the first in the country to use TCF paper, because she decided that reducing the use of chlorine is a more pressing environmental issue than using recycled paper.
Environmentally Responsible Residential Housing – Incentives Plan for Future (2378 words)
Environmentally responsible residential development is defined by Brewster as, "the production of building and communities that conserve resources and reduce waste through more efficient use of materials, energy, and water; that are more durable and useful; and that are designed for adaptive use or the recycling of their materials" (33).
An environmentally responsible home that is energy efficient would cut this figure dramatically by utilizing active and passive solar techniques.
Environmentally responsible development can help to reuse and recycle things that would have gone to a landfill.
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