Hey Everyone! It's Hannah here. :-)

     Why is green the color that symbolizes recycling, reusing, and doing really anything good for the earth?  Think about it for a second. Trees are green, grass is green, and most other plants are green, but besides that, it doesn't really make sense to me why the color that symbolizes "good for the planet" is green. I was really confused, I mean, lots of other colors have stuff that is good for the planet too, you know. But then I understood. Green symbolizes anything that is good for the planet, because it represents land, or earth, on most most maps. To be good to the planet, we should only use things that from from land, or the earth. I think our society is taking so much from Earth, and not giving her anything back in return. It's time to realize that Earth is a living thing, that can get hurt. Oil is like the earth's blood, and we are taking so much of it, that now she's unhealthy.

Green also represents something that everyone LOVES. Money, cash, currency, funds, riches, capital, however you like to say it, is something that immediately comes to mind when I think of green.
When people are trying to save money, it's easier to buy cheap things that are bad for the earth. It's true, buying things that aren't very good for the planet are a little cheaper than items that aren't made with harmful chemicals, unnatural ingredients, and bad working conditions. But, it pays off in the long run to buy responsibly.