Communism & Being Green

Over at TreeHugger there is an artice entitled "6 Green Lessons We Can Learn Form Communism", an interesting read, particularly for the comments at the end which highlight the fact that although Communism has proven unsuccessful in practice on many levels a little understanding of the priciples would go a long way for many people. The comments highlight that the sentiments of the McCarthy 'witch hunts' still prevail in the US where any socialist ideals are blindly rejected before any intelligent assessment can be made, leaving an entire country with fewer options because of general prejudice and ignorance.