Green Shoots - The Start of the Isle of Man Green Party

The foundation of the Isle of Man Green Party occurred just before the last General Election in the Isle of Man in August 2016. In part, the Party was a response to the election and a perceived under-appreciation of “green” ideas in Isle of Man politics, but also the then current and historic lack of ‘party politics’ in the Isle of Man and a recognition that people joining together in mutual causes for the governance of society is fundamental institution of participatory democracy.

And so the Isle of Man Green Party started with a meeting in a small room in a house in central Douglas, with an agreement on a constitution defining the object of the sustainable future of the Isle of Man and the rules that would bind the Party in bringing it about.

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