Green Liberalism
Current that unites individual freedom, markets, and democracy with the ecological agenda, defending sustainability, rights, and innovation to reconcile economic prosperity with effective environmental protection.
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In one sentence
I want a society that unites market and democracy with the ecological cause, innovating to reconcile prosperity with environmental sustainability.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Balanced
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Control
- Strong · Globalism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Trade
Leans further toward globalism than 90% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 63This ideology 19
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Technology
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Al Gore
A former US vice president, Al Gore became a reference of liberal environmentalism, advocating global climate action and market solutions to the ecological crisis, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyBaruch SpinozaPhilosopher97%
SociallyJohn Stuart MillPhilosopher98%
EconomicallyHelmut KohlFormer Chancellor of Germany99%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifePhil ZimmermannCryptographer97%
EconomicsPaul RomerEconomist97%
BusinessGeorge SorosInvestor and philanthropist96%
PoliticsEduardo LeiteGovernor96%
Political theoryThomas PaineThinker96%
BusinessVitalik ButerinProgrammer96%
PhilosophyIsaiah BerlinPhilosopher95%
Intellectual lifeRandolph BourneEssayist95%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Germany
Social-exporting republicA parliamentary federal republic, Germany is Europe's largest economy, with a social market economy, a strong export industry, and a central role in the European Union, uniting democratic stability and geopolitical weight.
Other close countries
California (United States)
Techno-progressive regionThe most populous US state, California is a global hub of technology and culture, with strongly progressive, environmentalist, and technocratic politics and a gigantic, innovative market economy.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCatalonia (Spain)Independentist-industrial region96%
SociallyLuxembourgFinancial-integrated monarchy98%
EconomicallyBahrainSunni Gulf monarchy98%
The most distant
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192183%
SociallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187179%
EconomicallyAbbasid Caliphate750–125895%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Center
- Center
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Center
Ordoliberalism
German liberal school that defends the free market within firm rules guaranteed by the state, fighting monopolies and ensuring competition and stability, serving as the basis of the social market economy.
- Center
Meritocracy
Principle according to which positions and rewards should be distributed by talent, effort, and performance rather than origin or privilege, defending equal opportunity and selection by ability.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Progressive Liberalism
Current that unites market capitalism and globalized trade with a robust welfare state, advocating progressive morality, secularism, and democratic institutions, in the Nordic social model.
- Anarchist
Egoist Anarchism
Current founded by Max Stirner in The Ego and Its Own (1844), which rejects the state, morality, religion and rights as spooks and proposes voluntary unions of egoists who associate only while it serves them.
- Libertarian
Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism
Current that unites free markets and individual freedoms with concern for social justice, holding that economic freedom must also concretely improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable.
The most distant ideology
Clerical FascismThird Position23%