We are neither left nor right: we   are in front

                                                                                    A green slogan

The word green is widely used in environmental sectors as Green thinking, green revolution, green words, green voice etc. These all are related to a healthy environment, its conservation and maintenance.

As  our  planet   is  also  called  as  green  planet, yet the only known planet carrying  life, thus the  word green  represents life. All  phenomena which  are  responsible  for keeping  our  planet  alive or  those  natural  phenomena regulated  in  our  body  which  keeps  us  alive i.e. heart  beating, breathing, blood  circulation etc. are  represented  by  the  word  green. Thus  the  word  represents  the  invisible and  divine  linkage  of  the  living  heart  with  the  nature.

Nature itself is governed by certain rules and regulations. Nature   itself is chained (tied) by a set of rules. For  instance , in  the hydrological cycle , a  set  of  series of different  stages  which ultimately results  in  precipitation  is  established. Disturbance in any stage may cause vast changes in the whole ecosystem. Similarly,  Photosynthesis, photorespiration,  pedogenesis etc.  are also tied  to  certain  rules  in  the  form  of  a series  of  events.,

As  politics  is  the  act  of making  rules    and  the  way  by  which  the  rules  thus  made  are  implemented in ground level. Though the words green  and  politics   sound  greatly  different, these   both  are  linked    in  this  article .These  are  like    two  eyes of the binocular    which  appears to be different   but  gives single view  when  looked  through the binocular  .

INTRODUCTION

The concept  of  green politics  is  the  Fusion  product  formed   after  the  excellent  synthesis  and  analysis  of  both  nature (environmental  aspect)  and  politics  which  may  be  the  safe  passage   to  enter  into  the  next  century. Different authors  have described  green  politics  differently  but  keeping  the  key  idea  same.

Green  politics  is  the  political  ideology  based  on  healthy  environmentalism  seeking  the  development  of  sustainable tomorrow. In  other  word, political  ideology that  aims  to  create an  eco –friendly and  sustainable society  rooted  in environmentalism, social liberalism and  grass  root  democracy. In  short  it  will  be  better  to  say green  politics  aims harmonious relation  between human  society  and environment. It    advocates   for social   progressivism  by sharing  many  ideas  related  to ecology, conservation, environmentalism  including  democracy, social justice, feminism, non violence   seeking to   to  create  harmony between  the  human  existence  and  the  nature  through  consensus  based decision  making. Adherents of  green  politics called  as  green  don?t simply  confine themselves to  the  political  boundary  but  shows  worldwide view.

As  the concept of green  politics is  based on environmentalism and its  root  can  be  traced  back to  enlightenment  thinkers   of  eastern Hindus  ancestors like  Rishis, Munies etc   who  used  to  search    divinity  in  the  nature .The  kings  also  used  to  go  forest to  meditate  after completing their  reign which  was  called  as  Banaprastha. The   persons involving in   the clearing of religious forest were punished heavily. The social structure  was  based  on  the  moral  stance  that   parents  should  take the foresight  of his coming  7  generations i.e. to  hand over a healthy  environment  to  the  children  was  considered as  the  responsibility of  the  parents. This  is  a  type  of  sustainable thinking  and  their  action were motivated  by  these feelings . In  this  way  people  used  to  balance  both natural  and  social  life.

In  the modern era, organized  and  advance  environmentalism  was  started  in the late 19th century  in  Europe  and  US  as  the  reaction  of   rapid  and  unbridled  industrialization  and  economic  growth. Knowing  the increased  pressure on  natural  resources  leading  to  rapid  deforestation  and  land  degradation which  was  done  in  the  name  of  urbanization,  economic  growth  through industrialization , green  parties  in more  advanced  form  was established. 1892 AD  was  the  date when  Green  politics  was started  in  the  form  of  conservation  movement   such  as  sierra club  founded  in  san  fransisco. Due  to  the influences  of  these  movements  green parties  arose   with  new  and  modernized philosophy    synthesizing  their  aims  and  !==!==!--object--====ives.      

GREEN PARTIES

Green  parties  and  green politics  are complementary  to  each other   because  green parties  are  the  main  actor  of  green politics. Green  parties  are  formally  organized   political  bodies   based  on  the  principles  of  green  politics  which  includes  ecology (environmentalism), social  justice,  grass  root  democracy  and nonviolence. These four  principles  are  called  as the four  pillars   of   green  parties . Also, balance  of  these  four  components  creates  the  balance  in  both  social  and  natural  lives. But  in  2001,  the  Global green was organized and  the  Global  green  charter  added  further  two   i.e. sustainability  and  respect  for  diversity   and  expanded  the principles from four  to  six.

The  united Tasmania  group  was  the  first  political  party  established  on  the   basis  of  environmentalism  which  was  founded  in   March 1972  in  Australia   against  the  rapid  deforestation  and  environmental  degradation  and resulted in the  construction   of  a dam  in  lake  padre (once  a natural lake  located  in  southwest  of  Tasmania, Australia).During  the  time  of  establishment  it  got  only 3% votes  on  state  election  but  inspired  the  creation of  green  parties  all   over  the  world.  In  May 1972  meeting  at  Victoria university of Wallington , New Zealand  launched  the ? Value party? which  was  the  world?s    first   countrywide  green  party  to  engage  in  competition  for  parliamentary seat nationally. After a year, UK?s ?ecology party? came  into  existence. But  the ? German  green  party?  which  won 27  seats in  the Bundestag (lower  house  of parliament )  in  federal elections, identified  4  pillars  of  green  parties  and  coined  the  term  ?green?  in  the  context  of  politics both  of   which   are  widely  accepted  in  the  ideology of  green  politics. The  German green  party had  adopted  sunflower  as  the symbol  in  elections  and  after  when  the sun flower  was  started  to  recognize  as  the worldwide  symbol  of  green  parties.

GREEN PARTIES AND POLITICS IN THE CONTEXT OF NEPAL

A   political  party  with  the  name  of  ?Hariyali  Nepal  party?  was  established  in 1997 AD with  the  co-ordination of  people  who  were  previously   associated  with communist  and  democratic  groups. It  was  also  recognized  by  both  Global  Green  and  Asia  pacific green  network  .Its  founder  president  was  Kuber  Sharma  who  was  honored  as   culture, tourism  and  civil  aviation minister  by  ex king Gyandra  Shah in  2002 AD . This  party  got  6638  votes in  the legislative election of  1999  but  got no  any  seat. Its election symbol was mango  with two  leaves. As  it  appeared  as  a  royalist  political  party  in  ambiguous  political  situation. Its  effectiveness  and  the  presence  was  not  seen  by  Nepalese  citizens. The direct involvement  of  this  party  in  formal  politics  supporting  monarchism  at  the  time  during  when  people  were  fighting  to  root  out  monarchism  became  the  weakness  and  it  kept  the  vision  and  effectiveness   of  green  under  the  strong  shadow. In  other  word  though  heaving  good  principles  and  provisions  green  politics  was  wrongly  exercised  by  this  party.