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 Meaning/Symbolism: //Green Symbolizes life since it is evident in nature, the environment, and commonly associated with growth, health, and renewal. It is also associated as being a calming color, like blue. Green is associated with holidays like St. Patrick's Day and Christmas. It is also the national color of Ireland. Are any other colors national colors of countries? I THINK NOT! Spring resembles green since spring is the renewal of life.// //Represents safety. When people refer to global warming or "going green", green is mentioned because you are talking about the Earth. Green is often said to soothe the soul and its regarded as motivational. (Green light in an intersection on the roads means go.)

Egypt the floors of the temple were green. Among the Greeks and Moors, it signified victory. To the Muslims it is a sacred color. They carry a green flag, wear green turbans after they have made a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, and design their prayer rugs with a green background. The Scottish Highlanders wore green as a mark of honor. It is the national color of Ireland. Leonardo da Vinci declared that green represented water. In China it denotes east.
 * History of Green**

Green is used to specify "go" on traffic signals and to designate first-aid equipment.


 * Green In Literature-**

•Green Eggs and Ham- The green eggs in Dr. Suess’s story is a symbol of change in society. The main character Sam- I- Am is the norm society affected by the change of green eggs and their funky rhymes.


 * Green in Life-**In the home, green is a good color for the bedroom because of its tranquilizing influence on the body as well as the mind; in the kitchen, it tends to stimulate creativity in food preparation.


 * Saying with Green-**green with envy, greenhorn, greenbacks, the green stuff, greenhouse, green thumb, fresh as green cheese, a green old age.

Green Around The World-// Green is the national color of Ireland. However although people might think that this stands for being lucky, in Ireland it means being unlucky. Although it means unlucky in Ireland it also symbolizes hope. Ireland is not the only country with conflicting symbolism. Hindus and Buddhism also have conflicting green symbolism. It means both life and death in these cultures. IN North Africa it means both growth and corruption. This also happens in nature because life comes from plants which are green. This represents life. It also comes from mold and decay which represent corruption and death.

Environment In recent years, with the world awakening to the environmental crisis threatening all of us, the term “going green” has become very popular. People all over the world have turned their focus to conserving energy, limiting their greenhouse gases output, and other environmental friendly things. Hybrid cars are not only trendy, but good for the earth, too. President Barack Obama is working to create “green jobs”, which will both improve our economy by putting people to work, and renew energy. All over the world, people are putting solar energy panels on top of their house, which convert the energy from the sun into electricity for the house to operate on. This is especially evident in Israel, where all houses are fitted with solar panels roofs. In society, it is fashionable to “go green”. Going green is the direction our world is taking, and for the better. code     code

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Here is a short video that shows dozens of daily and various things in life that are green. []