Everyone knows that you can't buy love. Still, it's never a good idea to show up empty-handed on Valentine's Day. If Valentines Day is an important day for you or the one you love; then you can show a bit of extra love for the environment by carefully considering what you buy. Our guide to a day of pure, green romance shows how you can pamper your sweetheart or even land a date without spoiling the planet.

If you haven’t already made plans for Valentine’s Day and are looking for something fun, different and eco friendly instead of a cliché dinner at a packed restaurant, here are some great ideas for first dates or to get you and your partner outdoors in your province and creating memories that will last a lifetime.

Most plastic baby bottles are made with polycarbonate, a rigid durable plastic that has the potential to leach bisphenol A into your baby's drinks. Bisphenol A (BPA) has been linked to a number of health problems, including hormone disruption and obesity, and the National Toxicology Program recently concluded that there is "some concern for neural and behavioral effects" in infants and children, given current exposure rates to BPA. Fortunately, preventing exposure is easy if you choose glass or safer plastic bottles.

Summer - What better time to lie on the grass, by the pool, get away from it all and relax with a book? My Green Choices has been scouring the library and book stores to find you the top reads so to make your reading material as green as the rest of your life, here are some great green summer books that we recommend.