“Green Horizon”, a semi-annual publication of the Green Horizon Foundation, has recently released its Spring/Summer 2011 issue. It contains several articles that would be of interest to readers of this blog. Fred Horch has a 3-page article about his campaign for the Maine legislature in 2010. Horch, the Green Party nominee, placed ahead of the Republican nominee and came within 200 votes of winning. He describes his campaign methods. The issue also includes a two-page article by Linda Piera-Avila about her campaign in 2010 as a Green Party nominee for the California legislature, and the very different campaign techniques she used running in a district that was hundreds of times more populous than a Maine district.

Also, the issue includes a provocative two-page article by Brent McMillan titled, “Is Leadership a Dirty Word in the U.S. Green Party?” McMillan is a former executive director of the Green Party of the United States. And, the issue has a two-page article by Rob Richie, director of FairVote, which works to expand the use of proportional representation and instant runoff voting. Richie details news from California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Anyone can get a free issue by e-mailing John Rensenbrink at john@rensenbrink.com and supplying a postal address. The latest issue is 31 pages.