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I assume the idea was that utopian novels might be connected to the Green movement (with the contents of the novel influenced by the ideals of the movement or the ideas in the novel influencing the movement). But I don't think either novel has been especially popular among the green left and LeGuin and Robinson aren't especially tied in.
ETA: Wow, four responses saying the same thing. Glad we're all on the same page, lol.
ETA2: On the other hand, I know a number of environmentalists who have read Ishmael.
I named those works specifically because they are mentioned in this paper (only abstract is free access):
Green utopias: beyond apocalypse, progress, and pastoral
From the abstract:
(Emphasis added.)
Fair enough. The Ishmael trilogy came later and I suspect was more popular (but I don't know where to find that information).