Is green the new sexy?

Recycling and turning off the standby are apparently the new ways to a woman’s heart according to a poll for men’s magazine Nuts. Women quizzed for the survey on the personality traits they found most attractive in men, put caring about the environment top of their list, surprisingly ahead of a good sense of humour.

Call me cynical, but I find it hard to believe that most women would really base their decision on whether to go out without someone on how often they pop to the bottle bank. As a woman who rides a bike and eats organic, I should have been on the look out for a eco-friendly man when I met my boyfriend. But I never once checked to see if he was dimming energy efficient light bulbs, or recycling those bottles of wine we consumed over dinner.

If that’s true then the new place to meet men will be at the bottle bank, with women asking in all seriousness, ‘Do you come here often?’. What about singles adverts? In future will they be peppered with the acronym Cate (cares about the environment)?

Yet according to Nuts relationship expert Louise Prior “There is something sexy about a man who recycles”.

Guardian