Ecology Democracy Party Ecology Democracy Party The Ecology Democracy Party is a deep ecological political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Founded in 2010 by Ken Pentel, the party advocates a "shift from a human-centered to an ecological view of the world." Pentel was the Green Party of Minnesota candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1998, 2002, and 2006. He has said his motivation for founding a new party was "the lack of discipline and low expectations among the movements and organizations I have worked with." The purpose of the Ecology Democracy Party is to restore a sustainable relationship with the Earth
Avante (political party) representatives and 0.7% of the national vote (642,422 votes). At the 2014 election, the party won two seats and 0.85% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies; it gained one seat following the defection of from the Social Christian Party. The party has 534 local councillors and controls 26 mayoralties. PTdoB voted in favor of the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. In 2017, PTdoB changed its name to AVANTE, Portuguese for Forward. For the Brazilian general election of 2018 AVANTE joined the coalition "Sovereign Brazil", together with the Democratic Labour Party, in support of PTD candidate Ciro Gomes. Gomes obtained