Almost everyone has heard of the phrase "pay it forward." That basically means to do something nice for someone, who will in turn do something nice for someone else, and so on so forth.  Eventually the world will become a nicer, more pleasant place to be in.  There needs to be a new movement, one that is similar to "pay it forward" but with a sustainable twist, and I'm calling it "green it forward."

The idea behind "green it forward" is simple.  The key is to go past living green yourself, and helping those around you make the changes they need to live green too.  You can buy fluorescent light bulbs for your parents and while you're helping them replace their old bulbs tell them about why living green is so important.  You can sign up your best friend to stop receiving junk mail, and when you call to tell them about it, explain how easy green changes can be.

There are so many people out there that want to live more sustainably, but don't know where to start, what to do, or who else is living green to network with.  If you take the step for them and get them started, and share information in the process, more people will see how easy it is to be green.

Knowledge is infectious, and when you spread green information and show people how easy it really is to live green, that will spread from just your family and friends to your neighborhood, town, state, and eventually the whole world.