green anarchy

n.

A form of anarchism that focuses on environmental concerns.

—green anarchism n.

—green anarchist n.

Example Citations:

Current anarchist extremists adhere to a variety of anti-US ideologies. They are anti-capitalism, anti-globalism, and anti-urbanization. There is also a movement that has been coined "green anarchy" which is an aggregate of environmental extremism and anarchist extremism.

—Andrew Castronovo, " Should Americans worry about anarchist extremism?: http://blastmagazine.com/2010/11/20/should-americans-worry-about-anarchist-extremism/," Blast Magazine, November 20, 2010

Along the way, he destroyed documents and set fires and attracted many to the "green anarchism" of the Animal Liberation Front.

—Deanne Stillman, " 'Operation Bite Back' by Dean Kuipers: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/28/entertainment/ca-dean-kuipers28/2," Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2009

Earliest Citation:

Having been recently lectured by a person presuming to speak for the new green anarchy movement on its "democratic right to protest", which also extends, apparently, to distort and disrupt if it is within their interests of promoting the views of their particular political dogma, I believe some clarification is desirable.

—B. A. Hobden, "Midway Point Democracy," Hobart Mercury, January 30, 1993

Notes:

A much older (1974) synonym for green anarchy is eco-anarchy (or ecoanarchy).

Related Words:

checkbook environmentalist

culture jamming

darking

ecosexual

ethical eater

guerrilla gardening

hacktivist

off the grid

solar guerrilla

Categories:

Environment

Activism