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It's time for eco-sex, Greenpeace says
Thanks to eco-undies and healthy sex toys, you can be sexy and Earth-friendly, writes Misty Harris.

You've heard of green cars, green tourism and green weddings. Now Canadians should ready themselves for green sex.

Greenpeace has released a list of strategies for "getting it on for the good of the planet," suggesting "you can be a bomb in bed without nuking the planet."

TreeHugger, an online magazine, has just published a guide on "how to green your sex life." The adult store Good Vibrations announced last week it would no longer sell sex toys containing phthalates, controversial chemical plasticizers believed by some to be hazardous to humans and the environment alike.

And you can buy everything from bamboo sheets to organic lubricant and "eco-undies."

"Green living is getting sexy," says Jacob Gordon, author of TreeHugger.com's recent green guide for the bedroom.

Most environmentalists will agree the mainstream success of the Al Gore film An Inconvenient Truth has helped give climate change a pop-culture sheen. Indeed, global warming is a cause to which everyone from Diesel apparel to Vanity Fair magazine and Starbucks are pinning their marketing efforts.

And if shopping to save the planet is trendy, having sex to clear your conscience is at the cutting edge. "It feels like people are just waking up to the fact the planet is suffering under our uses of it," says Rebecca Denk, business manager for the adult toy store Babeland, which just introduced an "Eco-Sexy Kit" featuring a phthalate-free vibrator, soy massage candle, a natural lubricant with no animal testing or derivatives, and condoms.

Other ways of "greenwashing" the bedroom, as outlined by TreeHugger, include turning out the lights, not buying PVC or vinyl accoutrements, ensuring S&M paddles are made from sustainably harvested timber, using organic massage oils, showering together, using bamboo sheets, and wearing lingerie made with renewable fibres like hemp and bamboo.

Mr. Gordon notes there's even an adult website dedicated to naked vegetarians.

Camille Labchuk, speaking on behalf of the Green party, gives the movement two green thumbs-up. "The general concern for trying to live lightly on our planet has transferred into all areas of people's lives," she says.