Greens United is an informal association of all people supporting green values, but feeling like the Green party has betrayed them. It is an acknowledgement that contemporary "green" politics, on the level influencing large chunks of the population, are often actively counterproductive to realizing the goals they have. It is an initiative by, for and from people who strongly believe that, if the "greens" were just a tad bit more intelligent and actually serious, they could have a genuine impact. But they don't, simply because the decision makers in the parliament are too corrupt and have a lack of depth in how they differ from all the other parties.
At Greens United, we strive to take over all "Green Parties" in the world, for example "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen". Obviously, by definition, in a democratic way, because people want to vote for us, because we will just do it better. We are not a party ourselves, we are just those who want to do it better, in a decentralized way. This page isn't even a communication channel for anyone; if you want to find others who you want to work together with, the only thing you can do is to refer to "greensunited.org" in the social groups you're already a part of.
Participation in Greens United requires two prerequisites:
For novices, this is often hard to achieve in a consistent way, due to different upbringings and due to segregation of people in cities (in contrast to community living); both typically reinforce each other. Also, many pains cannot or can only very hardly be understood by those who didn't go through them as a child.
The "green" I mean is not institutional, it's not hierarchical, because it is a genuine representation of the people. It is not "let's have our party leaders and let them ruin everything", but "let's actually question the power structures in our party as well as the organization structure altogether". It doesn't mean "doing it like any other party does it". "Green" doesn't mean rigid and static, it means lushness, flourishing, actually having a good life together. Right now, "green" politicians do nothing substantial to properly improving democracy proactively, but they only say "only if we're in the government, we can do anything", but when they actually are, they simply divide people even more. Right now, through their soullessness, green parties are actively causing harm to cohesion in society, thus self-sabotaging the entire shared intention of healthier nature.
What contemporary "green" parties have done to the word "green" in public perception and public consciousness is detrimental and embarrassing. They have fucked it up so bad that for millions of people, whenever they hear the word "green", they are annoyed. I mean, I thought we're making healthier nature, healthier animals and healthier humans, but they express that in such idiotic words that people start hating the green party and thus develop a worse relationship to nature altogether. Members of green parties stay stuck in their egomanic power plays, built and torn to shreds by the media and each other. In no way I want to discredit the genuine accomplishments which green parties all over the world managed to achieve regarding environmental protection. But thinking that "green" just means nature and animals is so short-sighted and is destined to fail. "Green" should be an interconnection of humans and nature, of the never-ending search for genuine synergies, where human health is equivalent to nature's health, instead of anything contradictory.
Genuinely green thinking is like mycelium, it means interconnection and fast transmission, regeneration, a better life for humans and the planet. It is not a political agenda, it's a lifestyle, a way to do business, a culture. But, in contrast to other cultures, it doesn't aim to "take over" other cultures, it doesn't want to replicate mindlessly, it doesn't mean more rules and, most importantly, it has nothing to do with eating habits. Instead it just weaves its net of nourishing of people who just want to genuinely be good for and to each other, united in healthy tolerance and respect. It's not an actual association, but instead more like a manifesto, an expression of "hey, i exist! let's be grounded together, barefoot on the actual earth, and let's talk about it". It doesn't refer to one specific "way of doing things", but instead retaining the multiplicity, retaining the diversity and always encouraging radical self-expression.
For many, it means acquiring an immense new level of compassion and empathy. In their thoughts, many see rich people as devils. In some cases, this is very much justified, that's absolutely clear. But just dehumanizing especially those is not the solution. When we want to cause actual change, we are not "against" anyone. Communicate your rules for life and for your interaction with every new person proactively and be transparent with them from the get-go. And find systems that are healthier for you than the ones you are in right now.
Greens United doesn't have any formal structure, and anyone can become a member of it, simply by saying to themselves "I'm now a member". A separate register is not kept.
Author: Manne Johansson, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany