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There are few things trendier these days than "going green" and adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle. Let it never be said that Ariana and Lisa failed to follow a trend. Unlike so many trends, like the Atkins diet or Crocs, we hope this one won't be a passing one. (Please, God, please let the Crocs trend pass!)

Neither of us is an environmental expert. We didn't start this blog to rant and rave about truths, inconvenient or otherwise. As far as we're concerned, climate change could be the result of humans, or it could be a naturally-occurring process -- we don't know. But whatever the case, we do know that humans can bring about positive change to our Earth in the seemingly smallest of ways. We can walk more, waste less, and make a big difference in the footprint we leave on our planet. Here at Greener Footprints, we'll share the experiences of two normal twentysomethings doing what we can to tread lightly on the earth.

But before we do that, we'd like to tell you a little bit about ourselves.

Ariana is an elementary teacher who started recycling at school by printing things on the backs of old worksheets, handouts, etc. When she found that it saved her from having to beg the office for more paper, she smiled. Then she got told by a friend to start using cloth bags. At first she was nervous and felt silly but then she realized that it made her feel good and proud and now she walks through the grocery store with her head held high. She looks for other ways to go green but sometimes a lack of money gets in the way...

Lisa is an aspiring novelist who decided all that paper she tears out of her notebooks in fits of frustration really ought to be recycled. Then Oprah told her to buy cloth shopping bags, so she did, and using them made her so happy she decided there might be something to this green living, after all.