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A compatibility checklist (mental or otherwise) is one sure-fire way of ensuring you stay single forever. No matter who you meet there’ll always be at least one box which remains un-ticked.

But San Francisco magazine says greenie singles are seeking out partners with like-minded environmental principals.

These ‘ecosexuals’ are apparently a new breed who think keeping green is as important in their romantic life as what they drive, eat and recycle.

“Stacy King Reis, 35, a sales executive for health-products company Gaiam, is highly sensitive to toxins, so she eats strictly vegetarian and organic. She believed her husband, Matt, was largely on the same page until recently, when she started to smell a gassy foulness from him after he returned home from business trips.

“I know what smells meaty,” she says, laughing. Still, all is not lost. They compost and recycle, and are ecofriendly in their household product choices. And, she says, she swoons whenever Matt wears his hemp shoes…”

Read the full story here.