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| | Greens Summary |
 | | The term originated in Germany, where members of the environmentally-oriented Green Party were quickly dubbed die Grünen, or "the Greens." In the United States, greens refers not to a particular political party, but to any individual or group making environmental issues the central focus and main political concern. |
 | | Some greens (for example, social ecologists and ecofeminists) see their cause as connected to questions of social justice—the elimination of exploitation, militarism, racism, sexism, and so on—while others (deep ecologists, for instance) seek to separate their cause from such humanistic concerns, favoring a biocentric instead of an anthropocentric orientation. |
 | | Despite such differences, however, all greens agree that the preservation and protection of the natural environment is a top priority and a precondition for every other human endeavor. |
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