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the Greens

political party, Australia

Also known as: Australian Greens

Written by Michael Ray

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Apr 5, 2024 • Article History

Category: History & Society

Date:: 1992 - present

Areas Of Involvement:: environmentalism

Related People:: Bob Brown

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the Greens, Australian environmentalist political party founded in 1992. It had its origins in the United Tasmania Group (UTG), one of the world’s first Green political parties. The environmental movement of the 1960s in Australia was primarily made up of small groups until a proposed hydroelectric project that would have flooded and enlarged Tasmania’s Lake Pedder spurred the locals to collective action. Meeting at the Hobart town hall in 1972, the UTG formulated a charter that emphasized sustainable growth, peaceful resolution of conflict, and preservation of natural resources. While the campaign to preserve Lake Pedder ultimately failed, a few years ...(100 of 403 words)

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