How is the first "Green Revolution" similar or different from the current "Green Movement"?

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.