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You can turn your whole life into a green one, even its most intimate part. Many websites provide you with some tips to get your sex life greener. We’ve made a selection of a few ones to help you enjoy sustainable sex.

1. Turn off the lights

The most obvious thing to do. If you want to see your partner, or what you are doing, you can either have sex during the day or use candles to create a romantic atmosphere.

2. Share a shower

Saving natural resources such as water for the good of the planet can also be a way to get everything started. Shutting down the heating system and getting close under the blanket to feel warmer is very efficient as well.

3. Eat organic aphrodisiacs

Choose organic ginger, cacao, chili and oysters… Make sure you only buy GE-Free products and don’t forget to avoid endangered species, if you want to eat meat or fish. You can also drink biodynamic wine, eat real chocolate and fair-trade products to go on the green path.

4. Use natural lubricants

Get rid of your fossil fuel based lubricants and try natural ones or your own saliva to get everything slippery.

5. Employ green sex toys

Sex shops and online erotic stores now sell a wide array of battery-free dildos, solar powered vibrator, recycled rubber whips and so on. For instance, you can find vibrators made from recycled materials that can work without batteries, using devices such as a crank you jerk for a few minutes before enjoying half an hour of orgasmic vibrating pleasure. Still, remember sex toys may be harmful. A research ordered by Greenpeace Netherlands reveals that “the plastics used to construct a wide range of sex toys contain very high concentrations of hazardous phtalates, toxic chemical softeners used in PVC to make it soft and flexible”. Warning that “exposure to these substances can upset the body's ability to regulate hormone production, damage reproduction, and cause liver and kidney defects. They can also possibly cause cancer”. Some websites advise you to use a condom on it to prevent such risks.

This flogger is made entirely from upcycled and repurposed bicycle tubes that have been discarded. They’ve found a new and improbable life in these creations.

6. Recycle your sex toy afterwards

Do not throw away your old little friends, they can be recycled. There’s even a website that gives you money for it. Adult Toy Recycling takes care of your toys –even the broken ones- and “for every package of sex toys you send in to be recycled, you’ll receive a coupon for $10 to use at one of [its] affiliate partners as well as some other goodies (when applicable) on your next order”. Other informations sex toys recycling :

• http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/
• http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/s.cfm?term=recycle&x=0&y=0

7. Find a green lover

The best way to respect nature even during sex is to share you passion for sustainable development with your partner. A great deal of match-making sites, organic food stores, conferences on sustainable development and events gathering activists or eco-friendly people will provide you with many opportunities to find a lover to share your concern and make green sex with. By the way, you can meet such people in humanityy’s various communities…

For more tips :

• http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/sex/sex-top-tips.html
• http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/sex/green-sex-basics.html
• http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Rules-for-Ecological-Sex-66246.shtml
• http://www.efmgzn.com/?p=183

Pictures taken from

• http://www.efmgzn.com/?p=183
• http://greencoloredglasses.ca/
• http://www.thedailygreen.com/
• http://www.ptitchef.com/recettes/menu-bio-%232-poulet-saute-au-chou-chinois-fid-341606?in=FBOOK