Wild Greens are a youth movement of the Greens

Green Movement

The Green Movement refers to a series of actions after the 2009 Iranian presidential election, in which protesters demanded the removal of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from office...

, usually associated with one of the Green Parties.

It began in 1997 as a semi-autonomous wing of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...

, committed to direct action

Direct action

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 and taking risks of bodily harm

Bodily harm

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 to protect the environment. The Green Party's youth arm has since been renamed to Young Greens. The movement has since spread to Canada

Canada

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, Australia

Australia

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, and elsewhere in the English-speaking world. They are strongly associated with the anti-globalization movement

Anti-globalization movement

The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalisation movement, is critical of the globalization of corporate capitalism. The movement is also commonly referred to as the global justice movement, alter-globalization movement, anti-globalist movement, anti-corporate globalization movement, or...

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External links

• Young Greens of Aotearoa New Zealand - Young Greens Official Homepage
• Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand People: Nandor Tanczos - see section on Wild Greens.