Ten Key Values of The Green Party :


Grassroots Democracy

We need to develop participatory systems that encourage us to control the decisions that affect our lives

Ecological Wisdom

We need to operate our human societies with the understanding that we are part of nature and learn to live within the ecological and resource limits of the planet.

Social Justice

We need to create a system that promotes equality and dignity for all.

Nonviolence

We need to develop effective alternatives to our current patterns of violence at all levels, while eliminating the injustice and powerlessness that leads to violence.

Decentralization

We need to devolve power and responsibility from larger and more distant institutions down to individuals and communities, with the eventual goal of a decentralized, democratic society.

Community-Based Economics

We need to redesign our work structures to encourage employee ownership and workplace democracy, while at the same time establish basic security for all and a fair distribution of wealth and income.

Feminism

We need to replace the ethic of dominance and control with cooperative ways of relating to each other.

Respect for Diversity

We need to honor cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity, reclaiming our country's shared ideals-the dignity of the individual, democratic participation and liberty and justice for all.

Global Responsibility

We need to learn from and be of genuine assistance to grassroots groups in the rest of the world.

Sustainability

We need to think in terms of the long range collective future of the entire planet and not the short-range, narrow interests of one country or group of people.