1) Honor diversity.
We welcome anyone with Green values to participate in Green Change, regardless of their political affiliation. Green values are grassroots democracy, justice, sustainability and non-violence.
2) Be respectful *
We respect cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity. We treat one another with courtesy and kindness.
3) Be collaborative.
Green Change is about collaboration and working together. Add something to the conversation. When you are unsure, ask for help. Help others. Share what you know.
4) Be tolerant.
Be a peacemaker. Disagreeing with another member is important, because it is a way to teach and learn. However, it is no excuse for rudeness and disrespectful conduct. We all experience frustration now and then, but we cannot allow it to turn into a personal attack. If we are to bring peace to the world, we must bring peace to our community.
5) ABCs of No-nos
The following types of conduct and content are prohibited:
Advertising, abuse
Business solicitations
Commercialism
Demeaning conduct and content
Ethnic slurs
Excessive cross posting, encouraging others to commit illegal acts
False accusations
Green bashing
Hate speech, homophobic conduct content
Insults, illegal activities, inflammatory conduct or content
Jerkiness
KKK members
Little tiny text (It’s just too hard to read.)
Multiple user names, malicious conduct or content
Name-calling
Obscenity, offensive conduct or content
Personal attacks, pornography, posting private information of others without express permission
Quests to offend others
Racist conduct or content
Sexist conduct or content, spam
Threats
Ugliness towards others
Violence
White supremacy
X-rated material
Yellow journalism
Zebra haters
6) Reporting a post
If you feel a member has blatantly disregarded our Code of Conduct, please contact Marnie Glickman at marnie@greenchange.org. However, report posts with discretion. Reporting a post or a member simply because you disagree with their viewpoint is unacceptable.
7) Final words*
Violating our Community Code of Conduct or User Agreement may result in a warning, temporary ban, or a permanent ban from participating in our community without notice.
We reserve the right to remove content without notice to the author or those who have replied without notice if it violates our code of conduct or user agreement.
Credits: This code is based on (1) the Ubuntu code of conduct, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license; and, (2) the United Methodist Church Code of Conduct.
