green up
When something turns green, like plants growing in spring, or when a person or company starts being kinder to the environment.
Meanings
Of vegetation: to become visibly green as new growth appears, especially in spring.
"After two weeks of rain, the dry hillsides finally greened up beautifully."
To make a place, organization, or practice more environmentally sustainable.
"The city council announced plans to green up public transport by replacing diesel buses with electric ones."
The literal sense (vegetation growing) is common in agriculture and nature writing. The figurative 'eco-friendly' sense is increasingly common in journalism and business contexts. Both transitive ('green up the office') and intransitive ('the fields greened up') uses exist.
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