Is "going green" a fad, or a movement with the potential for permanence?

Of course, there is no way to know this for sure. 
However, I would argue that it has the potential for
permanence.

One major reason for this is that going green
is approved of by many influential parts of society.  Elites in society have gotten
behind the idea of environmentalism and the idea of being green is now taught to our
children at school, in Girl Scouts, and in many other situations.  This influences them
to keep on being green and it encourages their parents to be green as
well.

Another reason for this is that going green has
relatively few costs for the average person.  In most places, it is very easy to
recycle, for example.  All that going green tends to take is a little bit of extra
effort.  This means that it is not beyond the means of the average
person.

Since going green is relatively cheap and since it
is approved of by much of society, it has the potential to be a permanent
movement.