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Hello there, We've released Green Blog 8 beta 1. Our fall update. Changes include: Changed Background, fonts, and colors We've merged with the CoP, a group  which protests important issues, such as the environment Beta 2 will include the link to their blog, and some other changes including modifying the links bar

Added slogan Modified description Deleted poll

Hello there, We have updated to blog version 7.1.1 Squashed an environmentally un-friendly bug Added a label for K-3 on landing page Of course, we don't have any posts for that reading level yet. Added gadget so you can vote on our survey Also, All posts related to updates that came out are on the Green Blog. Posts on updates coming out, will be on the Editors Blog!

Dear viewers, Next year, we will expand our audience to middle school viewers. If you have not already noticed, we have added a custom landing pages so viewers can select posts by their reading levels. We will expand to Hoover, Cabin John, Takoma, and Eastern. If you know anyone who is going or is already at Robert Frost Middle School or any other Middle or Elementary School, please refer them to us through our feedback form so we can expand there next year. Also, the owner of the Green Blog has left so next year we will have an executive board of leaders. Thanks ~Samuel

Hello there, we have released blog version 7.1. You may wonder why this is not on the Editors Blog, it is because this contains very important changes which everyone needs to see. Here are the changes: Removed Tesla Model 3 release video Added new links to recommended links gadget. NEW LANDING PAGE Removed Surveys Added reading level navigation. Modified Emoji Commenting

Hello there, there will be a major change to the Green Blog soon. Thanks ~Samuel

The Tesla is an efficient (~105 miles per gallon equivalent model S) all electric car. Helps the environment, but you want to put Tesla products at you home, and save money. During the day, it charges from your solar panels. In the evening, when electricity is expensive and you can't get more power from your roof, the power wall releases the electricity into your home. You can buy multiple for  $3,000 each (7 KwH. 10 KwH is $3500 per).This excludes installation fees. It also comes in different colors. Tesla is planning a gen 2 , but there aren't very many details on that. Tesla has also developed a Powerpack for use in major buildings. The capacity for them is 100 KwH per. You may ask "How does it work?". Well, here is how.  The solar panel generates energy (see Solar Post ) Then, the energy goes to the Inverter and the Powerwall. At night, The Powerwall releases its energy into the inverter, which shows up in your electrical outlets. There is some competition fo...

Hello there, You may now download our Green Blog, Star Wars Scroll. This will be used for recruitment soon! To download, click here

Recently we created a pun for Star Wars. He had decided to release blog version 7.1 with this vido on it yesterday. However, we  had some production delays (waiting in the queue, which we still are) so we just decided to have a link to one, then add it to our blog later.  Ladies and gentlemen you are experiencing project B8 (name was inspired by BB-8) in full swing. To view a soon-to-be version on you blog, click here !

Hello there, I am happy to introduce a new series for our blog! This series will be our final series done by only Cold Spring Students (If everything goes well with Mrs. Palmer, we hope to expand). Consider this series a farewell to the small "stage" (we will be more popular next year, hopefully) This will expand old posts and explain in more of a detail, and will also include a post on the basic of Climate Change, which surprisingly we never did. May 14- Efficient way to produce wind power- Tej Mehta May 21-  Tesla Powerwall - Nathan Shan May 28 -  Exxon Mobil's Big Scandals - Sameer Mehta June 4- Light Pollution - Carolyn Fu  June 11- Climate Change 303- Samuel Desai Thanks, GREEN BLOG TEAM

Hello there, we've spent some time making changes to the blog New Look Modified background, fonts, and colors Mobile Site Changed to a template which will speed up the load time for all mobile devices. Added Surveys  Are you being clean? Favorite electric car Added About Page, this replaces the mission statement Added Interactive Page Added Weather Gadget Added Tesla Model 3 release show video Changed Earth GIF Removed Earth Day form Thanks for your cooperation, Samuel Desai, Carolyn Fu, Nathan Shan, and others

Dear readers, We are making some changes to the Green Blog Today we are releasing blog version 7 beta 1. We will have changes coming out over the next 2 1/2 weeks. Sorry for any inconveniences ~Green Blog

Hello there, I have been working really hard in the last few weeks for blog version 6.3, which just came out 30 minutes before this post was published. Here is the other information we have decided on. Technology Support Earlier this week, our primary tech person, Alan, told me he needed to step down from his position. He felt that being the head of the tech was too much for him. He will still help with the code for GED but we will have someone else take his place. We will have Kevin W take his place. New Recruits We have recruited 4th grader Carolyn Fu to the blog dev team. Welcome, Carolyn. She will be a major contributor to the update blog version 7, which will come out next month. Project GED We have planned a new project called GED. Here are all  of the details. This project, known as GED, (Gift Earth Day). Will show you a daily fact on the 20 days till earth day, and earth day itself. Hence, the 21 days of earth day. We are currently writing the c...

Hello there, You all have been wanting more details on the upcoming blog version 6.3. Here is a video featuring the new blog look which will be released on Friday. This is partially incorrect because after we filmed this video, we determined some more edits. Some stuff we had already decided on but the editor only allowed you to change the background and fonts. We will be releasing other things on Friday too. Like details on the mysterious project GED and the spring-summer 2016 leadership board. Here it is: Thanks to all of our viewers, The Green Blog

Dear blog viewers who are in the MCPS cluster, Please take our survey on what you want for the Earth Day walk-in video. It is on the navgation menu. We want to get a vast audience for the Earth Day assembly. Please reply by March 17, because that is the closing date for the form. Thanks, Green Blog

Hello there, We are proud to announce the update 6.2 (AKA the modernizer)! Changes include: Added the editors blog  and Test Blog  to be a sister blog Moved objects on side bars around, added some, deleted some, and re-named some Removed all things that have to do with the pigments series Re- organized label system, by frequency of posts, and limited labels (only the ones we blog about frequently) Added comment form message ADDED EMOJI!!!!!!!!!  When commenting, use the GIF key above the comment box to do this Added pages gadget This will become more important in a later update! New Marquee bar From mow on, this will not be part of updates! Shrunk the spinning earth gif by 25x25 pixels WE THANK ALL OF THE VIEWERS TO OUR BLOG WHICH HAVE HELPED US ACHIEVE 27,000 PAGE VIEWS (AND COUNTING) Important: We have our link on the cold spring website! Yay! This may be a very simple update, but the editors blog is a MAJOR CHANGE! Our next upda...

Dear readers, We are working on the update for blog version 6.2. As you see, there have been some minor changes. We will be making some more in the next few days. Thanks, The Green Blog Team

Dear blog readers, We are have started to make changes to our blog. This is because we are preparing for blog updates 6.2 changes WILL include Changing of turtle color and... A new description We hope to release an official version of 6.2 on FEB. 14. (no this has nothing do do with valentines day) From, Alan and Samuel  Blog updates  and... Tej Mehta A NEW EDITION TO TECH SUPPORT!!!!!!

Hi all, I am proud to announce that we have blog version 6.1. out! Changes include Re-linking of the picture on the sidebar. It was supposed to take you to teslamotors.com, but it didn't Accessibility of the energy sources poll! Added Tech Support to description New name (not URL) Next school year, we will continue the blog from may schools. We are now called "Green Blog" Removed "Are you excited about the Energy Sources series?" poll Added "Are you excited about the Pigments series?" poll Changed "Listen to this" image because it didn't work. In other news, we're doing a new series on how colors were made on clothing long ago, and now! Here's the schedule: Jan. 9- Samuel Du: Red Jan. 16- Samuel Desai: Orange Jan. 23- Nathan Shan: Yellow Jan. 30- Sameer Mehta: Green Feb. 6- Nathan Shan: Blue Feb. 13- Tej Mehta: Purple We are also proud to announce... Our link will be on the C...

Dear all wonderful blog readers, We are releasing blog version 6.0.1 Here are the changes: Changed it so that you can see the blog version in the description Got rid of horrible reaction button on posts Rearrangement of things on sidebars Got rid of things on sidebars We apologize for any inconveniences, Samuel, Alan, and Kevin Baer, a new tech support person (he also leads earth day)