Now even love has green angle
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March 24, 2010, Wednesday
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YOU drive a hybrid, eat organic, and are passionate about recycling. But how green is your love life?
Think about those Valentine's Day roses, the environmental costs of growing them and the carbon kilometers involved in flying them in from faraway lands.
And what about used condoms, tossed into the toilet and making their way into sewers that perhaps pollute the ocean?
If an ecologically sustainable life between the sheets hasn't crossed your mind, you're a "total environmental neophyte," author Stefanie Iris Weiss says.
But help is on the way with Weiss's new handbook "Eco-Sex," which leaves no stone unturned in its mission to bring the bedroom front and center into the battle to save the planet.
"I have always wanted to write a sex book," Weiss, 38, told Reuters. "I am a very committed greenie, and I have been a vegetarian for 20 years. I saw a gap in the market and I couldn't believe no one had written about this topic.
"I think green sex is having its moment right now. I think it is the next big thing in green. People are realizing that their everyday, most intimate habits, are deeply connected to this horrible crisis we are in."
"Eco-Sex" will land on bookshelves next Wednesday.
From hand-cranked sex toys (and Websites where old battery-driven devices can be recycled) to eco-friendly underwear (bamboo) and dating sites for eco-warriors, "Eco-Sex" aims to show readers how to reduce the carbon footprint of love - and have fun in the process.
Weiss, who said she tried out or reviewed every item in the book, interviewed raw-food chefs to get recipes for aphrodisiac meals for two, suggested the ideal first eco-date (biking), and recommended latex mattresses (but warned they are less bouncy than those made of springs, coils and synthetic foam).
She found a vast range of natural or organic cosmetics, condoms made of latex that are also biodegradable, and resources for eco-sexy bling - because neither diamonds nor gold are a self-respecting green girl's best friend.
"It was the most fun I have ever had researching a book in my life," she said.
Think about those Valentine's Day roses, the environmental costs of growing them and the carbon kilometers involved in flying them in from faraway lands.
And what about used condoms, tossed into the toilet and making their way into sewers that perhaps pollute the ocean?
If an ecologically sustainable life between the sheets hasn't crossed your mind, you're a "total environmental neophyte," author Stefanie Iris Weiss says.
But help is on the way with Weiss's new handbook "Eco-Sex," which leaves no stone unturned in its mission to bring the bedroom front and center into the battle to save the planet.
"I have always wanted to write a sex book," Weiss, 38, told Reuters. "I am a very committed greenie, and I have been a vegetarian for 20 years. I saw a gap in the market and I couldn't believe no one had written about this topic.
"I think green sex is having its moment right now. I think it is the next big thing in green. People are realizing that their everyday, most intimate habits, are deeply connected to this horrible crisis we are in."
"Eco-Sex" will land on bookshelves next Wednesday.
From hand-cranked sex toys (and Websites where old battery-driven devices can be recycled) to eco-friendly underwear (bamboo) and dating sites for eco-warriors, "Eco-Sex" aims to show readers how to reduce the carbon footprint of love - and have fun in the process.
Weiss, who said she tried out or reviewed every item in the book, interviewed raw-food chefs to get recipes for aphrodisiac meals for two, suggested the ideal first eco-date (biking), and recommended latex mattresses (but warned they are less bouncy than those made of springs, coils and synthetic foam).
She found a vast range of natural or organic cosmetics, condoms made of latex that are also biodegradable, and resources for eco-sexy bling - because neither diamonds nor gold are a self-respecting green girl's best friend.
"It was the most fun I have ever had researching a book in my life," she said.
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