Welcome and thanks for visiting ‘Be a Greenie Weekly’! This blog is a place where kids who love being green a.k.a. GREENIES can come to learn, comment & talk about the ways that you are green in your everyday life, at school, or within your community!

So September has come again and we all know what that means… back to school. Totally exciting. A new year, new clothes, new classes, new books, new kids and hey, maybe even some new friends. With so much new stuff going on these days, why not try something else that’s new?

Have you heard of GREEN? No, not the color or the dollar bills, but actually being green aka being a greenie. Being green is a new phenomenon sweeping the country and the world, and the whole concept is really pretty simple. Being green is being conscious of the effect that our actions and the choices we make in everyday life have on our environment and communities. Make sense? Being green is doing things like recycling, using less electricity, turning off the water when you’re brushing your teeth, riding your bike to your friend’s house, donating old clothes, ANYTHING you can do to reduce the amount of waste YOU generate.

Does it sound simple? That’s because it is! Being green is understanding that our earth can’t endure an endless onslaught of garbage and waste, and then DOING something about it.

Have you been green lately? Write in, comment on the blog, and send us ideas of what kind of articles you would like to see every week. At times we are going to have chances to write in and earn ‘greenie points’ for telling us about the ways you show your greenieness. Stay tuned!