Green Politics is a relatively recent political movement that places a concern for nature and its myriad species at the top of its agenda. New social and political movements arise in response to crises that are perceived to be both long-term and systemic. The crisis out of which the broadly based Green movement has emerged is the environmental crisis, which is actually a series of interconnected crises caused by population growth, air and water pollution, the destruction of the tropical and temperate rain forests, the rapid extinction of entire species of plants and animals, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, and other now familiar instances of environmental degradation. Many are by-products of technological innovations, such as the internal combustion engine. But the causes of these environmental crises are not only technological but are also broadly cultural and political. They stem from beliefs and attitudes...