Spiral Dynamics - Stage Green Notes

What is the essence of Green?

Green in it's essence is relativistic, caring, communal and environmental.
This time the pendulum has swung from the individualistic world view of orange to the collectivist world view of green. With each stage the pendulum swings between serving the individual and serving the collective
Green as opposed to Blue doesn't sacrifice the self for some afterlife ideal of heaven but for building a healthy and harmonious community here on earth for all to enjoy and to be a part of.
Green recognizes the validity of other cultures and species which blue had some real problems with accepting.
Green is very multicultural and cosmopolitan
Green is on a quest for equality and peace for all beings that inhabit the earth. Green cares as much for trees and plants as it does for animals and for humans!
World peace! Justice for everybody!
Green is reacting to the injustices of Red, Blue and Orange!
Green is a rejection of shallow materialism which came with Orange, and Green returns to humanity and to spirituality, aspects that Orange also neglected.
Green represents a shift away from just the cold logical rationalist scientific paradigm into a more new agey hippie sort of semi spiritual but not religious paradigm
Green is all about love for others be it humans or nonhuman beings

You can encapsulate Green using just the words peace and love.

When does Green emerge?

Because Orange takes greed and capitalism to it's extreme, it turns out that this can cause serious damage for a big part of society and it puts a strain on the environment.
Also Green observes that all of the world's problems cannot be resolved by more factories, or by more business or by more wall street investing.
So Green emerges when material and success fails to feed the human spirit.
Green emerges once Orange realizes that once he obtained his trophy wife, his sports car, his big mansion, and his millions of dollars.. Orange is still unhappy and although Orange got everything he ever dreamed of, Orange still feels like he is missing something which cannot be obtained via more materialism. When Orange feels a sense of longing for spirituality, for deep relationships, for reconnecting with nature… That's the moment Orange evolves into Green.
Green realizes that instead of mercilessly competing with others, it would be more beneficial for everybody to cooperate and live in harmony.