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What’s the color of love? Most people would probably say red. But it could be green—if you and your date are as sweet on the planet as you are on each other. When planning your Valentine’s Day celebration, consider doing something together that’s not only fun and romantic, but also beneficial to the environment. Here are a few suggestions for an Eco Valentine’s Day date: Read on...

Each year, the average American office worker uses 500 disposable cups and 10,000 sheets of paper. In the same time frame, computers thrown out by businesses and homes contribute 1 billion pounds of lead to landfills. And offices spend $1.51 dollars per square foot bringing light, heat and electricity to their workers. Needless to say, offices are not always the greenest places to work. Read on...

A wedding is one of the most important celebrations in any lifetime. Usually they are sparkling affairs filled with old friends and families, wine, dancing, dresses, cake and. of course, love. Yet these ceremonies, consummating our romantic trajectories, can evolve into costly, wasteful, polluting and fossil-fuel-consuming events that cause big problems for the Earth in a very short period of time. Thankfully, it is now possible to significantly minimize the environmental impact of your wedding, allowing you to make clear not only dedication to your spouse-to-be, but to the ecology as well. Read on…

For the environmentally conscious soul in search of romance, the days of wearily scrolling through one-line Craigslist ads or clicking “not interested” on profile after profile of non-recycling, animal-indifferent and camping-resistant potential mates on Match.com are over. Several new (and old) eco-friendly dating websites have come to the rescue. Below are reviews of some of today’s most popular online sites aimed at the green heart: Read on…

Have you ever thought about your sex life’s carbon footprint? Probably not. Yet soy candles, bamboo bed sheets and hemp-silk negligees are giving a new—and much more flattering—meaning to being green in bed. From flirting to post-coital cuddling, not to mention the other fun stuff in between, there are many ways to please both your partner and the Earth. Here are a few of EcoHearth's favorite green sex tips and seduction secrets that might surprise even Cupid. Read on…