Greenpeace Mexico Scores Big with Green Sex Guide

After posting a green sex guide this past month to their website, Greenpeace Mexico has seen a notable rise in visitor traffic. Of the 95,000 hits they received last month, almost 9,000 were from people exclusively seeking out the sex guide. While 9,000 does not seem like a big number, the green love-making guide was the article that attracted the most interest on Greenpeace Mexico’s website. Could this be the beginning of a new focus for Greenpeace?

While their sex guide is currently no more than a list of 10 ways to have sex in ecologically friendly ways, perhaps Greenpeace Mexico and the larger organization should keep developing a more substantial resource. Perhaps they have found a strategy that could expand the number of people interested in their mission. Will mixing sex with hardcore conservation pay off (or should it be the opposite way around?)

While in all honesty some of the tips in the guide are a stretch (translation: lame), some of the more interesting green sex guide tips are as follows:

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• Take baths and showers together. Greenpeace urges you to “remember that 500 million people don’t have access to clean and everyday water. For them, what you do everyday is a luxury. If it’s a luxury for you, then definitely you should share [a shower or bath] with your bed partner.”

• Remember that eating seafood like oysters as aphrodisiacs might contribute to the destruction of oceans. Instead you should use biodegradable soaps and oils to induce passion instead. (I’m not sure how cool I am with giving up seafood).

• Avoid products made with petroleum-based chemicals. They can be toxic and alternatives like rubber and latex are safer.

• When getting it on, turn off the lights to help save energy or use eco-friendly candles. If you enjoy seeing your sexual partner(s), then have sex in the daylight.

• My personal favorite for its esoteric value: “If you like spanking, be sure that the paddles you are using are made of sustainable wood.” On the internet, Greenpeace claims that you can find paddles that are made from sources of wood that are certified to be more sustainable.

While in many ways Greenpeace Mexico’s ecological sex guide does not relate much to sex (e.g., buying beds made with ecologically-friendly wood), it is admirable that they have put together a popular collection of tips for how to improve our impact on the environment in ways we might not have thought of before. In this case we are talking about sexual activities. If you don’t think that sex is something that could be more sustainable, remember the oft-quoted statistic: to paraphrase, it is something like “every 2 seconds a baby is born.” And these are just the times that sex results in pregnancy!

There is a lot of sex going on all the time across the world– let’s follow Greenpeace’s lead and try to make it more sustainable. If you’d like to read the guide (it’s in Spanish), click here.

Read More About Sex and the Environment on the Green Options Network:

• Safe Sex with Amazon Rainforest Condoms
• When Sex Isn’t Sexy: Environmental Implications of Another Baby Boom
• Dating for the Eco-Conscious: Part 1

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