Blog #6--GTP Reading

     My group's Group Teaching Project (GTP) is centered on the concept of Green Democracy. The readings on Green Democracy were very interesting. One one of the main links, a web site about the U.S. Green Party, had a tab about its platform and its stance on policies, which had some different views than the other two main political parties. The overall stance on the Green Party is giving the people more say in their government. They truly believe in a government of the people, by the people and for the people. They distrust powerful government because they believe that the spoils system and buying elections is the downfall of this country's "democracy."
    Another link was to an article about the Earth First! movement. The article was defending the Earth First! people because they were essentially non-violently protesting against environmental harm. Some may call it vandalism, but they are adamant that their actions are perfectly fine.
    The last article was on Environmental Racism. Essentially, low paying jobs in developing countries are very dangerous to their workers because very little environmental control and worker protection exists. Green Democracy is worked into this topic because one if its goals is to end this unfair lack of worker protection.
    When my group presents this topic, one of the tactics I was thinking we could at least start off with is basically discussing what people agree and disagree with about the concepts of Green Democracy. I feel like stating the concepts in a black-and-white fashion will allow others to freely give their honest opinions about this topic.