The two terms, "Green revolution" and "green movement" refer to two very different things. Green revolution refers to rapid increase in agricultural production in countries like India that took place in second half of the twentieth century by adoption of advanced farming technology and new varieties of crops.
Green movement on the other hand refers to a wide ranging initiatives undertaken around the globe to protect the environment, particularly the natural resources such as green cover of forests and other flora and fauna of the world. The word green in both the term is derived from the predominantly green colour of all kind of vegetation, which is closely identified with agriculture as well as the natural flora of the world.
I do not think that there is much of similarities between the two programs. As a matter of fact the two can be opposed to each other in some areas. For example, increased use of insecticides promoted in green revolution conflicts directly with the need reduce environmental pollution due to use of insecticide. Also usually increase in agricultural production may involve clearing some of the current forest land and other sites of natural vegetation and converting them in farm lands. This is also directly in conflict with green movement.
However perhaps there is considerable scope for collaboration between green revolution programs and green movement to find ways of developing programs that achieve objectives of both simultaneously.
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