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Nothing says I love you like loving the planet

A Greenpeace climate-friendly Valentines Guide (mostly)

My friend Hugo recently noted "it's Valentine's Day, and the very idea of the depressingly rampant commercialism around it all makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon...". And he used to work in advertising. So this got me thinking about all the red and/or fluffy tat currently littering the high street. Not that I have ever been showered with such absurd gifts - no man would dare. But someone out there must be buying this stuff, and it needn't be that way.

If you are staring down the next 24 hours without a clue what to do for your lover on Valentine's day, I'm offering up some guidance that is loving towards the planet, and will put a spark in your day - the rest of the year is up to you.

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