What does living a green lifestyle mean or what does it mean to go green? If you go to the grocery store carrying your own bags rather than getting new plastic ones every time, that is going green. If you turn off the faucet when you are brushing your teeth, that is living green. When you drive your petrol guzzling truck, that is not green living. Deciding to purchase a hybrid or an electric auto is living a green lifestyle. Creating an electric auto out of your old petrol guzzler, is a good example of living green. When you place solar panels on your rooftop, that is going green.