We are officially the “Best Way to Love the Earth” — check out page 60 of the Willamette Week running from July 25 - August 1. http://wweek.com/editorial/3337/9280/

Best Way to Love the Planet

Being healthy and eco-minded means considering what you put in your body. And that doesn’t stop at your mouth, which is why Alliyah Mirza and Jonas Sapienza founded Earth Erotics (eartherotics.com), a Portland-based online retailer of safe and environmentally friendly sex toys . Phthalate- and PVC-free vibrators, seaweed lube, floggers fashioned from recycled inner tubes—everything on EE’s site has a minimum impact on the earth and your health, while retaining maximum impact where it counts. Prices hover at the upper end of average (most vibrators cost around $50), but you won’t need to worry about cancer of the junk. EE has carved out a niche by marketing to your, well, niches, and it seems to be working, especially in Portland. In its first three months, EE broke $2,000 in sales, mostly thanks to hometown customers, despite not having a storefront. And EE is already edging toward the black, which often takes years for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. “Portland takes pride in being a green city, so of course we will take environmentalism to bed at night,” says Mirza. Save the wetlands!