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Feb 02 2009
Sizzling seduction tips!
Are you looking to energise your love life? Follow these seven saucy steps to seduction and you could discover a greener side to romance!
Get the body of Adonis/Aphrodite
Ripple those muscles, firm those thighs and wow your partner with your fantastic physique… by cycling to work. Walking or cycling all journeys that don’t need to be driven will tone your body, improve your fitness and will boost your stamina, not to mention cutting your carbon emissions. 25% of all carbon emissions in the UK come from transport.
The perfect icebreaker
For that special someone at work who you really fancy, car-sharing journeys each morning and night could be the ideal way to get up close and personal. It is also a great way of cutting your commuting emissions in two.
Wine and Dine
Sharing romantic candlelit dinners is relationship friendly and ecofriendly too. Cooking for two or more generates fewer emissions than individually prepared meals.
Salad of Love
The lettuce species Lactura virosa has an aphrodisiac quality, a fact discovered by the Ancient Egyptians. You won’t find it stocked in supermarkets so why not grow it at home and add it to salads to boost your romantic desires. Homegrown produce reduces emissions because none are generated either by transport or from the machinery used in industrial scale food production.
Get Lathered Up
Sharing a bath with your partner can be a most intimate and loving act so, turn on the taps and start bonding. 40% of your energy bill is generated from heating and hot water. Sharing a bath will save you money and cut your carbon emissions.
007 Heaven
It would seem that James Bond is a keen advocate of energy efficiency. He has often wooed Russian agents by insisting “We must use bodily warmth to make it through to morning“. So why don’t you turn the heating down and snuggle up. By turning your thermostat down by one degree you could make a 10% saving on heating bills.
No Lights Please, we’re British
It may be a little unadventurous to turn the lights off on intimacy but it can add a touch of intrigue and mystery. Lighting your home makes up 15% of your electricity bill so switching them off will save you cash and reduce CO2.
Have fun!!
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3 comments in response to this post
Your article Love, seduction intimacy and green highlights the marketing question.
Which is more persuasive to someone who is lets describe as part time green?
Either
1 Have more sex and you will then be green
or
2 Be Green and then you will have more sex
In otherwords where is the benefit is it with the more sex or is it with being green.
Your article is written with the benefit as “you will be green” if you have more sex. This works for the individual who wants to be green but is less likely to work for the person who would rather have more sex.
Similarly, which has more impact and gets individuals to make the change in behaviour?
Walk to the shops to reduce your carbon emissions to be green
Walk to the shops to reduce your carbon emissions to stop global warming
Walk to the shops to reduce your carbon emissions to save the Polar Bear
Er…not sure what your point is there mark888 but I’m sure any ladies reading this will tell you there is more to romance than just sex, anyway I’m sure the main point is that if by making a few lifestyle changes can bring two people closer together and reduce your carbon emissions at the same time it must be a good thing
Yeah what a long non sensical analysis! Lighten up! I thought it was fab, the point being - have fun, here’s some new ideas and incidentally by sharing these things it works out better for the environment - everyone’s a winner!
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