Its objective is to ensure that Estonia's development is environmentally friendly, sustainable, politically stable and economically efficient.

A rival Green Party (Eesti Roheline Erakond), under the leadership of former communist Vello Pohla, was founded in May 1990.

According to Marek Strandberg, its goal was to win at least five Riigikogu seats in the upcoming elections and to form a Greens parliamentary caucus.

The party's main programmes were to protect Estonia's forests, sea and other resources; to combat climate change, and to promote direct democracy.

[6] The Greens received 21,824 votes (3.8 percent of the total) in the March 2011 parliamentary election, losing their six seats in the Riigikogu.

[8] Although the Greens received 1.8 per cent of the vote in the 2019 election under her leadership, they did not win any seats due to the five-percent threshold.

The Estonian Greens have a democratic parliamentary policy aimed at ensuring that the development of the Republic of Estonia is environmentally friendly, sustainable, politically stable and economically efficient.

It vigorously supports science: involving researchers in decision-making processes, implementing research results, strengthening health care and guaranteeing public access to health services, a better understanding of educational content and organisation, the development of information technologies, making proposed solutions more reliable and humane, and supporting national co-operatives.

Social and economic problems associated with the closure of the oil-shale sector in Ida-Viru County can be mitigated with resource royalties.

It supports lowering the voting age to 16, and the expansion of local-government revenue base by transferring most personal-income and corporate taxes to local governments.

[15] The party supports activities which help preserve natural landscapes, ecosystems and communities, increase the self-purification of water bodies and improve ecological status.

It aims to stop deforestation, making the lumber industry sustainable and limiting cutting to less than five million cubic meters at least until 2030 to compensate for previous overcutting.

Loggers (public and private) must negotiate with local communities, presenting a list of benefits and impacts of the planned logging.

The party supports animal-care requirements based on Animal Welfare Council recommendations for facilitating natural behaviour for the prevention of pain, illness and suffering.

The party supports alternative civilian service to clean up waste, plant forests and participate in other environmental initiatives.

Large-scale projects with a negative environmental impact (such as Rail Baltica, large wood refineries based on outdated technology and new shale-oil processing plants) should be abandoned.

The party supports scientifically based fertilizers, innovative solutions for fertiliser dosing, environmentally friendly and grassland farming, and the cultivation and preservation of heirloom plant varieties and animal breeds.

Excise taxes on alcohol in the Baltic states should be standardised and mind-altering substances (such as cannabis and indigenous entheogens) should be regulated, rather than prohibited.

Public authorities should be encouraged to outsource research and expert advice on issues of national importance, incorporating their findings into the decision-making process.

The party supports free-enterprise research grants from taxation on the same basis as government stock exchanges and tax incentives for private investment in science.

The central role of the United Nations as a platform for global agreements must be maintained, but the decision-making power of the permanent members of the Security Council must be reduced in favour of the General Assembly.

Estonia must contribute to and participate in the work of European Union institutions, protecting its interests and providing its point of view.

Estonia and other European countries must contribute to development and humanitarian aid in conflict areas, minimising mass civilian migration.

It supports the rights of peaceful self-determination and cultural sovereignty, and opposes territorial, economic or other concessions to totalitarian states.