@media_dept Linux distros arent like Windows or Apple...theres no central company employing hundreds of workers. Often just a guy piecing components together that were made by other guys...from home. So there's not really anything to be green. You'll be happy with Cinnamon Mint.
Heres some history behind Mint if you're interested:
https://www.networkworld.com/article/681362/software-q-a-clement-lefebvre-the-man-behind-linux-mint.html