I realized this morning that I talk a lot about greening up life with baby – but what about before baby arrives? Can sex be GREEN? Without involving lime-flavored Jello? Because that’s just gross…
Here’s what I’ve come up with:
1. Shower together. Save water and your utility bill! But don’t forget to shut the shower off if things get a little too steamy!
2. Candle-light dinners will save your electric bill. And a fire in the fireplace will encourage the use of a renewable heat source (oh yeah, and it’s romantic).
3. Eat fair trade, and very sexy, dark chocolate. Together.
4. Try a natural aphrodesiac – like Horny Goat Weed (yes, it’s real) or Ginseng. For some really slippery fun – eat raw oysters!
5. Be green in bed. Turn down the thermostat and snuggle together on some new bamboo sheets! Bamboo is a wonderfully natural, renewable resource that you can use for anything from floors to sheets to good luck charms!
Veggimomma says:
These are great ideas. I wish I could afford new bamboo sheets–but lets not forget–that no matter what, buying new things–even if they ARE renewable–is less green than reusing what you already have or buying second hand. I know it’s not sexy, but it IS greener! My husband and I always have a hard time getting out with two young children. We get a babysitter for our older child and bring our baby on a walk (still nursing, so can’t leave him long) to the market on Saturday, buy some local organic food, spend the morning browsing the market, perhaps get some local fresh flowers and candles there, then return home and prepare a meal together and eat it picnic-style on the living room floor. It’s cheap, green, and very bonding.
25th February 2009 at 10:15 am
Mish says:
Very true – I have bamboo sheets on my wish list! Because buying new is not only not renewable – but not frugal! But maybe as a treat for my birthday (in July!). Love the market and picnic idea! Wouldn’t it be great if we could find a “trade your old cotton sheets in for new bamboo ones sale?”
25th February 2009 at 10:55 am