Green is the New Red

Online you can find like-minded communities for pretty much everything under the sun. Say you're looking for love with post-war human cannonballs from the north-east of England, chances are you'll find it on the Web.

It's hardly surprising then that green dating sites are springing up like tulips in springtime. For instance, Green-Passions caters to the “'tree hugger looking to meet other eco-friendly singles”; Planet Earth Singles wants to help you meet your environmentally-aware "life partner"; while Green Singles connects you with the right hearts and minds based on your true "shade of green".

This is particularly handy in America where eco-conscious folk are apparently 49% more likely than the average joe or joesephine to use online dating sites to find romance . At least, according to something called the Green Consumer Index (GCI) which "identifies U.S. households with high environmental concern who currently practice sustainable consumerism."

This kind of suggests to me that either a) earth-loving folk in America tend to be socially awkward geeks who prefer online interaction; or b) that there just aren't enough singles in their neighbourhood who share their passion for the planet.

Either way, we hope they find true green love this Valentine's Day - as long as while they're doing the romantic thing, they remember to do the green thing and go easy on the population growth thing.

PS. If no-one's invented any eco-friendly condoms yet (they'd be made of some kind of impermeable seed paper surely ;-), it's only a matter of time.

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