The+Importance+of+going+Green



**EARTH SUX BALLSname is Jordan and this is my wiki :] It's all about going green and how we can all do a little to help save the earth because in case you haven't noticed, we're in a situation right now where our earth isn't exactly doing to well and it's our job to fix it. Everyone can have a part in saving the planet we call home.**


 * Going green isn't hard at all. In fact, we can all help th GOING GREEN SUX earth every day in little ways. Here are some ways YOU can help:

DON'T BUY FAST FOOD. Not only is fast food bad for us, but it produces a lot of garbage that ends up in landfills.**

This one is pretty obvious, get a group of people and clean up a park or lake.**
 * CLEAN UP.


 * REUSE YOUR BAGS.**
 * Paper and plastic bags are pollutants to our planet. Buy a reusable bag at your local grocery store and use those over and over again to save trees.**


 * RECYCLE EVERYTHING.**
 * Paper, plastic, cans, everything. Well, almost everything. Some things cannot be recycled, so try to reuse or simple boycott those things. But a lot of things are recyclable that I'm sure you didn't know was, like the aluminum wrappers on Hershey Kisses.**

When you walk out of a room, turn out your lights to save money and energy.**
 * TURN OFF THE LIGHTS.

But why should we be doing these things to go green? Why do we need to? All of us know about things like global warming and oil, but if we don't do something right now, our earth could be in danger. We have failed to keep our home in it's best shape and if we don't make a change we're going to pay the price. Countries all over the world have said that they were going to help save the earth. 164 of them have committed to lowering their greenhouse gas emissions by 2012. Now you might be thinking, okay, so countries around the world are doing their part, so why should I? Every piece of recycled material counts in today's world. Without your help, we can't succeed in saving Mother Earth.

Celebrities are also going green. The video below is a speech Leonardo DiCaprio made the the 2009 Kids Choice Awards about going green (sorry about the quality) media type="youtube" key="LH1x7ZLWBbs" height="344" width="425"

The Jonas Brothers are also going green! :] media type="youtube" key="PehRf0hEWok" height="344" width="425"

And for those people who aren't into Jonas Brothers or Leonardo DiCaprio, Warped tour is also going green. Their 19 trucks and 17 buses are going to run on biodiesel fuel. Sure, it might cost a little more, but the tour founder Kevin Lyman says that they will absorb the cost. While researching my topic, i found a website called **__worldofgood.com__**. It's a shopping website thats filled with gifts and such that are "green". There's everyting from clothes to food to Mother's Day Gifts. It's a really awesome website and I think you should check it out. :)

I know I'm telling you why you should go green and who's going green but our school could also go green. At **__buildgreenschools.org__**, schools can make a pledge to go green. Green schools save about 100.000 dollars a year. Going green would impact student and teacher health as well as student grades, in a very good way of course. The money the school could savewould buy 5,000 new textbooks, and more Macs instead of the PC's that none of the students particuarly like. Student's of all grades would learn from the school itself. Plus, information they learn will help save the earth in their own homes and their owns lives as they grow. Schools encourage students to go green, and it would be an excellent example if the school themselves went green. So why stop at SMS, why not the high school and elementary schools and Mohawk Ave? There are so many benifits to having a green school. I encourage Sparta Middle School to go on the website and pledge to go green.