Green Day Planted
04/10/07
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(Punkbands) A botanist from Switzerland, Dr. Jason R. Grant, just wrote to NRDC to tell us that he named a new tropical plant species after Green Day. It's called Macrocarpaea dies-viridis (dies-viridis is Latin for Green Day), and the scientific journal Harvard Papers in Botany just published an article about it! In his message, Dr. Grant says, "My students and I discovered this new species in February 2006 in Ecuador, and listened to Green Day music while driving, and in the evenings.[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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