Green conservatism

Green conservatism is a combination of conservatism with environmentalism. Environmental concern has been voiced by both conservative politicians and philosophers throughout the history of modern conservatism with Edmund Burke (the philosophical founder of modern conservatism) in his Reflections on the Revolution in France quoted as saying 'the earth, the kind and equal mother of all ought not to be monopolised to foster the pride and luxury of any men'.

Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser legislated significant environmental protection laws for the Great Barrier Reef while leader of the conservative Liberal Party as early as the 1970s.

Australian politics became more polemic around the year 2000. Once an uneasy alliance between the Australian Labor Party (the traditional opposition to the Liberal Party) and The Greens had formed, it caused many conservative voters to become suspicious of Green politics.

In 2004, the conservative Family First Party aired a television advertisement labelling The Australian Greens as the Extreme Greens. Since then, the continuously increasing anti-conservative dominance within The Greens has led to this label receiving broader use in the media.

The Sustainability Network party was founded by Marina Silva, a prominent conservative environmentalist who was previously a member of various political parties including the Brazilian Green Party.

The National Ecologic Party also has ties to the Assemblies of God, the largest evangelical denomination present in Brazil.

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