Five ways to be green this St. Patrick’s Day

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Saint Patrick’s Day can be celebrated in many different ways: drinking green beer, wearing green and being green. The following are five ways you can celebrate the holiday and protect the environment.

Plan a garden

Planting a vegetable garden can be one of the most rewarding summer activities. Not only can it provide fresh vegetables for the dinner table, but it also means buying fewer vegetables that have been shipped from around the world at great cost and leaving behind a large carbon footprint.

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