Which Shade of Green Are You?

By Rachel Tanis

When you hear the word green, you probably picture a color in your mind. Maybe it’s the color of a deep, rich emerald, or maybe it’s the color of a freshly mowed lawn. Maybe you picture a green that’s more reminiscent of the sea after a storm, or sliced scallions. Use the scale below to help determine which shade of green you are when it comes to your dedication to environmental causes. It will have you seeing green in a whole new light.

Not-Quite-Green-Yellow
• You co-wrote Sarah Palin’s infamous speech on climate change… or the lack there-of.
• You called the police on your neighbor’s “smelly and unsightly” compost pile.
• You have seen a recycling bin before, but never use one.

Pale Green
• You brag about the fact that you ingeniously re-used your old t-shirts as garage rags.
• You drew a little green planet on your calendar as a way to help you remember Earth Day next month, even though you’ll probably forget all about it.
• You planted a tree. Once.

Kelly Green
• You stopped your newspaper delivery service and began paying for their online version as a way to help save the environment.
• Your neighbors called the police on your “smelly and unsightly” compost pile.
• You grow your own vegetables and are researching how you can have your own sustainable kitchen.
• When your date asks you to pick up the movie from Blockbuster, you usually go for An Inconvenient Truth.

Emerald Green
• You own a signed DVD copy of An Inconvenient Truth.
• Al Gore is your friend on Facebook.
• You traded in your gas-guzzling Toyota Prius for a bicycle and two lawn-mowing/lawn-fertilizing goats.
• You’ve tried to make your own tofu.
• After biking around town in January, you signed up on the Chevy Volt waiting list!