In today's global marketplace of ideas, the idea of "saving the planet" or "going green" are really two similar ideas that find their origins in the environmental movement, a movement based in part on animism - the belief system that not only do humans and animals have souls, but so do all things in nature including rocks, plants, trees, etc. By now you probably realize that I have a bias against environmentalism, "going green", and animistic practices, and you are right because I am a Christian, which is to say that I am a follower of Jesus Christ, the Bible (which was written by men throughout antiquity to teach us about who God is, and his plan of salvation for each individual through Jesus Christ), and the teachings of orthodox Christianity which comport with the teachings contained in the Bible.