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SUCCESS STORIES & other good news! The following testimonials, news articles and comments are some of the many we have received over the years. Thousands of our members have married, made lasting connections or found green friends... and so can you! JOIN NOW and your Success Story may be here soon!

Found your match or just want to comment? Send your Story to success@GreenSingles.com.

6/15/2009 - we'll be celebrating six months together

Greetings!

I recently received the email talking about my account inactivity. I just logged onto Green Singles and deleted my account. Thank you so much for your wonderful website, where I met my wonderful Steven. This weekend, we'll be celebrating six months together and we both thank you for helping it happen :)

Thank you thank you thank you....
Elizabeth

6/3/2009 - I have met my perfect match

Sweet Success! Sweet miracle... I have met my perfect match on this site!! I'm closing my account as I now enter the happiest time in my life! Gaia2 and Elina801 - a perfect match! Without your site, I would never have found him!
Thank you! Elina801

5/20/2009 - Thank you for your site

Hi Green Singles,

I had a very positive experience with Green Singles. The men I met were uniformly nice and honest and interesting. I am canceling because I met someone (not through Green Singles, though). Thank you for your site. It helped me ease back into dating after 23 years!

Elizabeth

5/19/2009 - long-term friendships will evolve

Dear Mary and Alan,

I just wanted to thank you for the intelligent, caring and supportive networking system that you provide. I have met 5 very nice gentlemen on your site and have met two of them....both have outstanding qualities and perhaps long-term friendships will evolve with both. I certainly hope so. The good news is that my former gentleman friend, with whom a had a very long relationship with before a recent break-up (when I became a Green Singles member) and I are reconciling now and hope to form a stronger relationship than before. My experience with your company has been very positive and I appreciate the many amazing individuals who also say the same.

I wish you continued health and strength.

Susan

5/11/2009 - we could not be happier

My boyfriend, who I met on your site, and I are going to celebrate our first anniversary this coming Sunday. We could not be happier and are living together now. Thank you for bringing us together! Amanda & Nick

4/17/1009 - amazed and grateful

Greensingles,

We are both amazed and grateful. Sue and I found each other on Greensingles. We both feel we have found our lifemate and a future of love and happiness. Thank you. Peter G.

3/25/2009 - I met my future husband

Hello,

Just wanted to share that I met my future husband on your site. We met in early September, and got engaged two weeks ago. Our wedding will be on October 11, 2009.

Thanks for providing this wonderful service! Amy

3/21/2009 - we're getting married very soon

Hello, I am writing to share that I found my perfect match on your site! He is the man of my dreams and we're getting married very soon. Thank you so much for creating this site, it worked!! ps: he is very happy too. JM

3/10/2009 - thanks for the site

btw, i love this site! it eliminates the thousands of guys i just don't have anything in common with. that is what was beginning to depress me - wading through the millions of lonely hearts... thanks for the site. k

3/7/2009 - thank you for providing this wonderful service.

I just want to tell you how great your site is and thank you for providing this wonderful service. I have been using both Green Singles and several of the best-rated mainstream dating sites (eHarmony, Chemistry and PerfectMatch) for two months. Whereas I have wasted many hours reviewing inappropriate profiles on the other sites and only met one man (fun to go out to dinner with, but nothing more), I am already communicating offline with four really interesting prospective partners from Green Singles. And I didn't need to spend more than a couple of hours scanning profiles to find them.

2/23/2009 - the last person I've spoken to seems VERY promising

Dear Mary and Alan,

I have just received my expiry notification after having enjoyed three full months of GreenSingles. I wish to congratulate you on the quality of your site and thank you for the opportunities that you offer.

I had never thought of ever wanting to try online dating mainly because of the poor quality of the sites my friends had tried. But GreenSingles is different ...

First of all, its members seem to be mostly interested in a meaningful and long term relationship and they all have one thing in common, the care of our environment. Also I appreciate the fact that you ask us to write our own profile instead of having to choose popular answers from a scroll. It gives us a better idea of who we are contacting and the exercise proved to be quite therapeutic when it came my turn to write my own profile. I enjoy the fact that people can browse the site without having to pay, that you provide some well written smiles and that our renewal is not automatic. All these details make Greensingles a safe and convenient site to meet great people. Thank you so much!

In the last 3 months I've had the opportunity to speak with some great people but I'm excited to say that the last person I've spoken to seems VERY promising. In fact, even though we live 3 provinces apart from each other, after a full month of e-mails and phone calls, we've decided to meet half way on Easter weekend. If this relationship works out, I promise to write our story in your Success Stories Column and if it doesn't, I promise to renew my membership.

As a token of my appreciation, I will print and post copies of your flyers around my home town. Being from the Maritime provinces of Canada, I must admit that members from this area are quite rare. But I will be proud to promote GreenSingles and have been talking about it to many of my friends. In fact, a few of them are thinking of signing up!

That's all for now ... hopefully I will be hearing from others who have met on this site and the happy circle of GreenCouples will continue to grow for many years to come!

Take good care!

Angela

2/20/2009 - I found my success story on Green Singles.

Jesse is a local musician and causal acquaintance. We have known of each other for years. He was even a big participant in an annual event of mine several times. But never knew that each other was single or available.

I saw his profile on Green Singles and he looked familiar. I liked his story and sent him a smile. When we met a few days later, we realized we already knew each other and had many mutual friends. Our second date was the next day and we have been inseparable ever since. We are now engaged, will soon move in together with all our children, and then get married next year.

Thanks Green Singles!

-Tamara

2/8/2009 - our new addition

Daisygirl Dear Green Singles folk,
I meant to update you with our new addition.

THANK YOU, Daisygirl

1/21/2007 -
Dear Green Singles People,
Thankyou.
Daisy Girl sent Cheese a message.And Cheese said YES.
We emailed.
We talked on the phone.
We met.
We're getting married in September.
And we are going to live together for 54 years.
LOVE
Daisy Girl and Cheese.

1/31/2009 - you've done it again...

Much love and appreciation to you Mary and Alan, you've done it again... If It weren't for your efforts no way would I ever know such a person as Zanyartist was in this world waiting for me. I've been working gsingles for quite a long time, don't know, maybe almost two years and have had access to some of the most wonderful people, when I saw Leslie's profile I had to resubscribe. We spent 4 days together, we're in love and I'm delighted.

She will move in here and live in love with me. Ever take a vaca come downeast to Maine coast , you've got a place to stay....FORTHEEARTH Radiobob

1/17/2009 - I found the one to share my love

This site really does work. I have been on a myriad of single sites and for years but when I put my profile on green singles I found the one to share my love and existence with. Tao and I are connected on so many plains, including our desire to live a self-sustainable lifestyle.

We concluded that our path in life would be incomplete if we were not able to share our resources and skills with others that share the same deep held desires as we do. We have three hundred acres at our disposal and we can�t think of a better way to utilize it besides creating an ecovillage, the website is planbecovillage.org. We are always on the lookout for like minds and hearts with a passion and the determination to make it happen.

All skills are desired from healers, crafters, engineers, teachers, growers, cookers, carpenters etc� We would love to hear from you!

LIZ

1/15/2009 - I met my husband on GreenSingles

Dear Alan and Mary,

Another feather in your cap! Chalk up Alchemist and Leila as another blissful success! We married on November 22, 2008 and will have a larger Quaker re-commitment celebration on May 22, 2009 when our children and other family and friends can join us!

I joined GreenSingles early in 2008 at the nagging of my cousins because I had had several dating disasters. My cousins insisted that I would find "the one" on eharmony. I found that site to be generic and disheartening, but then realized there must be something out there for passionate committed green singles...and, oh my gosh! there was! I met a (certifiably) crazy person through the site and visited them in New York in April. I was pretty shaken. But through that, I contacted another woman who had also experienced this crazy person and she said, "Oh dear, you will be alright and stick with it because 3 months later, I met my husband on GreenSingles. We are very happy and we just had a baby!" She and her husband live in Nova Scotia. I gave things a rest but then started in again in the summer.

Alchemist contacted me on Sept 1, 2008. We met on Sept 18. Yes, it was a whirlwind, but when you put a lot out there, you clarify a lot of things quickly and it turns out we had acquaintances with history in common which made the process quicker and easier. I would never have found Tim because I would not look at men 10 years younger than myself. Luckily, Tim was more open to casting a broad net! With our Iowa roots, our love of the Southwest and our shared commitment to building green communities through green buildings and landscapes (natural builder/product developer + landscape architect) we are a strong and happy match!

Over the summer I did meet a few other thoughtful men with integrity through GS who will remain friends and working colleagues because of our shared interests.

We enthusiastically recommend your site to anyone who asks how we met!
May others have similar success!

Gratefully,
Tim and Jennifer
Santa Fe, NM

1/6/2009 - we are now inseparable

Yes! Just when we both ready to give up, there we were-- on Green Singles!
Some phone calls, some meetings, and we are now inseparable. Michael will
be writing more and sending the photo. Thanks so much for your help.
Best wishes to you, Pam

You've done it again. I was on Greensingles for a few years, on and off. I met some interesting women but no one who rang all the bells. Then in October I saw Pam's profile and took a chance. Emails led to phone calls to coffee dates and now we're in love. Pam already wrote you that we're
inseparable! Here's a photo of we happy two. I just cancelled my account.
Thanks for your help. Michael

1/4/2009 - expect to spend the rest of our lives together

We met on Greensingles during the summer of 2006 and soon became very close, in spite of living 150 miles apart. A year ago we moved in together. Being elderly people who had previously been married and become somewhat set in our ways, we had to make some adjustments! However, the love we share has made it all worthwhile. We expect to spend the rest of our lives together, living close to the earth and sharing our interests in the environment and education. Thank you, Greensingles!

Carol and Thane

1/4/2009 - I found my lovely bride

Alan,

I thought I had deactivated my account. I found my lovely bride via this site back in 2006 and we were married on February 14, 2007. I think that pretty much tells the tale of my experience with green singles. Thanks for being there and helping us get together.

:-) Wade

12/31/2008 - a whirlwind romance

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that "Green Goddess Seeking Green God" found him on GreenSingles.com in late March/early April of 2008 and after a whirlwind romance married him on 12/12/2008 at 12:12pm! I am in the process of writing a book about the experience. Thank you for putting us on the electronic path to our destiny together!

Happy New Year!
Diane and David

12/8/2008 - two Green Single weddings in our family!

We are writing to share that in 2008 there were two Green Single weddings in our family!

I met Becca via Green Singles back in Feb 2007 and based on our success my brother Greg decided to give the site a whirl and found a match as well.

Becca and I tied the knot in August 2008 and Greg and Amy got married shortly after in October 2008. Two very beautiful weddings and two very happy couples! Thanks Green Singles for a wonderful service and gift...

Namaste, John and Becca (and Greg and Amy)

12/1/2008 - We are true soulmates

We are writing to tell you about our success story. We are true soulmates and extremely happy together. We had some rocky times at the beginning and family issues that strained our relationship, but our love was strong enough to get through it all and we are so glad we met on green singles.
Thank you, Rick and Andrea

11/30/2008 - I have met someone through your site

Thank you for providing this service. I just deleted my account because I have met someone through your site. I just wanted to send you some positive feedback. I will definitely recommend it to friends. Thanks again! GL

11/29/2008 - joyfully discovering an enchanted love

Dear Mary and Alan,

When I first joined GreenSingles, my search found Amy right here in Salem and I bookmarked her profile to get in touch. I also quickly received greetings from a bunch of GreenSingles women who were near my age, which distracted me from contacting Amy immediately.

Then PerfectMatch, where I had a profile posted but no paid membership, sent both Amy and I an email with pictures, informing us that they had matched us with their system. I recognized Amy from her Green Singles photo and profile, and we connected through your site and were walking and talking around the University neighborhood within about 6 hours of my first message to her. We have been joyfully discovering an enchanted love ever since. This gift of the Goddess worked its magic through the internet, your site, and your good work; thank you very much for your service to this community.

Amy and I both recommend GreenSingles to anyone who is a position to use your website. We really appreciate the low-cost options you offer, the well-designed site, the straightforward caring for your customers, and the overall sense of integrity you convey and deliver. May you prosper and have a happy life together!

Namaste, Ray and Amy

11/26/2008 - this relationship is certainly the most fulfilling

Hi Green Singles,

In 2006, we (Artisticlyspkg and the Activator) met on Green Singles. Actually, he was the only man on the site who lived in my city!

He had been an environmental activist for 15 years, and been farming for 5 years using organic, bio-intensive methods. I had been publishing a grassroots magazine on a volunteer basis called "Synergy" (synergymag.ca) which promotes mindful living. We have certainly experienced 'synergy' as our passions for creating positive change in the world have come together and grown beyond what each of us could have accomplished on our own. We have created a weekly radio talk show together (Heart & Mind: Tools for Change) which is dedicated to personal and political change, and created a farmers' market in our city this year which we sell our organic produce at.

It hasn't been easy - we are both first children and used to being in charge! - but this relationship is certainly the most fulfilling. It is a relationship based on mutual respect, love, appreciation and continual personal learning.

In appreciation, Nicole and Dirk

"What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

11/24/2008 - still very much an item

Joe and I met on Green Singles a year ago and are still very much an item. Thank you. Your mission of bringing good people together is accomplished. Good job you guys :-)

11/12/2008 - we welcomed a GreenSingles baby

Hi, I've been meaning to write for three years... We are a GreenSingles success story. Trevor and I met on GreenSingles -- he was in North Bay (Ontario), I was in Bowmanville (Ontario). He moved in a few months later, and about a year later we welcomed a GreenSingles baby, Nathan (born July 19, 2005). Thank you GreenSingles. - Andrea

11/5/2008 - we are lowering our carbon footprint

Since posting a success story last valentine's day (we met in person after 3 months of corresponding and found each other to be kindred spirits indeed), I thought an update would be in order - I resigned from my job and am moving from Mississippi to Arkansas to be with my "green single" Dave full time in the Ozark Mountains.

It seems crazy in this recession to give up a secure job and benefits to live a lean, green lifestyle but that has been my longing for quite awhile. We plan to expand Dave's homestead into a small organic farm and I can barter goat's milk for local products. We are both involved with Heartwood and other activist groups.

Together, we are lowering our carbon footprint quite alot, but increasing our joy a hundredfold. And we joke that only in the Green Singles world would the fact that Dave built his own composting toilet be one of the things that made me want to be with him!!
Peace, Nan (formerly "organic farmer in land of monsanto" - now the happy occupant of "Simple Gifts Homestead")

10/23/2008 - married on September 20, 2008

We met on Green Singles in November 2006. We got married on September 20, 2008.

Dan and Sara

10/20/2008 - the most beautiful woman has responded

Cancel my profile. It worked!!! I've been working this site for around 2 yrs and the most beautiful woman has responded and will be coming to Maine, thanks to you my money to you was well spent it woke up my life and your beautiful for making it all happen... look for the Great Northeast fish tour, eco takes and songs maybe come to your town we've got to save the oceans, its do or die, now or never, thanks so much. radiobob

10/15/2008 - VERY HAPPY TOGETHER!

Just to let you know--I met a wonderful guy on your site!! We've been seeing each other for almost 3 months, and so far!!!! we are VERY HAPPY TOGETHER! So, I won't be renewing, but wanted to THANK YOU! Mary T.

10/13/2008 - have met a very nice man

Mary and Alan..... Thanks for providing such a great Service. In the short span of just 3 months, I have met a very nice man. I am not renewing my membership at this time. We never would have connected without the Green Singles Connection, Thanks so much. "Merry Sunshine" Donna.

10/12/2008 - thinking about the possibility of marriage!

Thank you greensingles! We are very grateful to your site for helping us find our true love! We meet in December and now have been happily dating for about two months. We are already thinking about the possibility of marriage! We will keep you updating! Again thank you so much!

JC and NG

10/9/2008 - We're now engaged

Greetings! On 2-17-08 I met the most incredible girl on here. An individual who shares my passion for the world, punk rock, whimsical love, phantasmagoria and euphoria. Before we met I had been going on some depressing downward spiral. So, even though it's odd to admit, we have the World Wide Web to thank and we send our deepest thanks to greensingles.com. We're now engaged and have the whole world before us. Thank you!

10/5/2008 - happily expecting a baby soon

My partner and I met through Green Singles and are happily expecting a baby soon. I just figured out how to cancel my account, and wanted to make sure you knew we found what we were looking for on your site! Heddy

10/4/2008 - an amazing surprise and a beautiful gift

Attila and I met on Greensingles a year ago this week, in October of 2007. Days after we met we were talking every day, sometimes all day, and haven't stopped since. Within a month we knew we wanted to meet in person, so I booked a flat in London (where he lives) and we spent just under a week together. By the fourth day of our meeting, we were out buying engagement rings for each other and we were engaged that night, New Year's Eve, at the Tower Bridge in London. I have flown to London for every vacation, and spent the summer living with him and traveling through Europe to stay with his family in Hungary. Attila is a Hungarian citizen, so we have spent this past year working on his fiance visa. We hope he'll be here by the holiday season so that we can marry on New Year's Eve, but we're blissfully happy and so grateful to Greensingles for your open policies and communication options so that there was never a need to feel trapped into a membership or a fee commitment that we didn't want to make. The connection we were able to discover and cultivate was such an amazing surprise and a beautiful gift. We are exceedingly grateful to you for your site and the ease with which we were both able to find each other, halfway around the world.
We'll send the wedding photo!
Thank you so much,
Erica & Attila

10/1/2008 - I have met quite a few people already

Hello Mary & Alan,

I will be renewing my membership with greensingles - what a fantastic place to meet great people! I tried another well-publicized dating site, with little to show for an overpriced 6-months' subscription, but through your site I have met quite a few people already, been on some dates, get phone calls or emails nearly every night from someone or other, and have made several long-term friends. Everyone who has corresponded with me has been polite, interesting, and normal (unlike the other one.) My day-to-day life does not lend much opportunity to meet other people who share my interests, beliefs, and philosophies. Thank you so much for providing such a great service at an affordable price! CeeGee

10/1/2008 -She is not only green, but every color of the rainbow

Dear Green Singles:

I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I�ve met the woman of my dreams! She is everything that I�ve ever wanted, loved and respected in a woman. I love her deeply, and wish to marry her soon. She is not only green, but every color of the rainbow, every beautiful facet of the human spirit. I am amazed and blessed, and pleased to report that I will no longer be needing your services! Thank you again for introducing me to the most wonderful woman in the world!

Sincerely, Marc

9/28/2008 - we got married on August 15th.

Meant to be!

We started talking on GreenSingles the first of the year and continued for two months until our first date which was Valentine's Day. This was soon followed by a trip to a botanical garden, mountaineering trips to Virginia, camping trips in Ohio, adventure weekends in Pittsburgh, soon meeting family and friends and later, one of us moving closer to the other. Lewie proposed on August 2nd and we got married on August 15th. We look forward for more adventures in the future and are even more excited for what life brings, knowing we both have each other to share it with. This was truly a situation of the right two people meeting at the right times in their life. Thanks!
-Lewie & Danielle

8/21/2008 - she lives just 10 minutes from where I was living!!

Hello Mary and Alan,
Thanks for checking in with me... I have met someone on the site and am in a wonderful committed relationship. A success story for sure as she lives just 10 minutes from where I was living!! We both have 6 year old daughters and our lives together are rich.

Thanks for everything.

Sincerely,
Bruce

8/13/2008 - Magic is afoot on your web-site...I sensed this immediately.

Not desperately seeking a match, I joined about a week or so ago. I thought I could at least make some like-minded comrads. Met one or two who's correspondence desire and level didn't match my own... that's ok.

Lamenting about joining a one's and zero's site to potentially meet a romantic-minded one, I was talking myself into deleting my account As I scrolled through just one more page of faces of men... just then I saw him and could only utter one word, "Oh."

He and I have been corresponding since and a force greater than our selves is letting us know that this was meant to be, so we are to come face to face Sept. 1st... but let's just say that is icing on the cake... I already know. He already knows.

Thanks to your rockin' web-site.

Love and Peace to the world,

Gina

8/12/2008 - I'm happier now with the partner I've found than I ever imagined I could be.

Dear Mary and Allen,

I've just received the standard renewal notification....and don't need it.

The truth is that I'd mostly forgotten about Greensingles, and for good reason. About four months ago, I began seeing someone I found on GS, and it seems to be the perfect match for both of us. The logistics are daunting, 1300 miles and a professional license (hers) which will be difficult to transfer to the state where I live, but we're working on alternate solutions.

So, after what has been a four year connection with GS (or is it 5?), quite a bit longer than I might have hoped, your service brought me the results I had wanted and much more: I'm happier now with the partner I've found than I ever imagined I could be. She says the same thing, only even more emphatically! We never ever would have found each other without Greensingles.

With grateful thanks to you both,

Gary M.

7/31/2008 - Recently we celebrated the anniversary during our first backpacking trip

I would like to share my story with those who may be on the verge of giving up online dating. It was a long, often discouraging, journey for me, but I am glad that I persisted. I tried eHarmony and Yahoo Personals before Green Singles. No matter what site I was on, it was a repetition of either I did not feel right about the match or the potential date suddenly disappeared into the cyber space. I felt online dating was not for me, but loneliness kept me from giving it up completely.

Apparently Othmar was feeling the same way. He had been on Green Singles for more than 3 years - with no success. When I sent him a smile, he thought I might be another one, who would contact him initially, but would never respond to his message. It took him 2 months to write me back. It had been a year since the hesitant but sincere message reached me. Recently we celebrated the anniversary during our first backpacking trip.

To those who feel like giving up online dating, please hang on. There are thousands of members on Green Singles, who share similar values with you. That is already a good start, and I believe that if you are persistent, you are bound to meet someone who is just for you.

Yoko (and Othmar)

5/13/2008 - he moved 1000 miles to be with me

5/13/2008 - Thank you, Green Singles!

He "smiled" me in October, we emailed for 2 days, then spoke on the phone and fell in love in 3 days. We met in November, he moved 1000 miles to be with me in December, and we plan to be married in September. We are truly soul mates, but we never would have met if it wasn't for Green Singles!

Allison

4/11/2008 -We are already thinking about the possibility of marriage!

Thank you greensingles! We are very grateful to your site for helping us find our true love! We meet in December and now have been happily dating for about two months. We will keep you updating! Again thank you so much!

JC and NG

3/7/2008 - Thanks so much for helping me to find my love.

Subject: getting hitched

Message - Just wanted you to know that I met my sweety on your site and we are getting married in October. Thanks so much for helping me to find my love. DH in WA

3/3/2008 - it has been greensingles bliss for both of us

I met a really swell fellow through the site last spring and it has been greensingles bliss for both of us ever since. Great site, have sent many friends your way. Keep up the good work.

Diana

3/2/2008 - I am hopelessly and eternally in love with a real man

I just cancelled my membership to Green Singles. I'd like to say Thank You to Green Singles for helping me to find the love of my life!

I am hopelessly and eternally in love with a real man who was previously only a figment of my imagination. Stephen and I have found each other after a lifetime of searching for the unconditional love and acceptance we only glimpsed in our dreams. We compliment and complete each other in temperament and humor. I never imagined I could find someone so perfect for me this late in my life (I'm 49). It has only been 51 days -- we are both still in awe of the whole process -- but we know that our search is over.

As we embark on our future together, joyfully exploring the unknown while cherishing the familiar, we will never forget how we met. I am singing the praises of Green Singles to anyone who cares to listen!

Thank you!! Sabine

2/26/2008 - Magic is everywhere

Magic is everywhere and your site was its means to happen to us � through space and time, out of the blue, only as Santa can do it. We are on both ends of the world but I have not felt another person so close and loved so dearly and truly. I feel it every moment and I feel it is growing, and it doesn�t matter when it started. All we have is Today. No destination, just the journey of Each day. Today we love each other, today it is a �Success story�, it is Happiness and it is all and only up to us to keep it, up to us to have more and more of it, up to us to Enjoy it all. And the best is yet to come� Magic never ends.

Namaste! Dani

2/22/2008 - a great relationship which appears to be "The One."

Hi Mary and Alan,

Thank you for making GreenSingles for people like me! As luck, fate, angels, or whatever would have it, I met someone within the first couple of weeks I was a member - he was also a member- and we have created a great relationship which appears to be "The One."

I would like to hide my profile and have it revert to a free membership for the immediate future. I will hide my profile and trust the world of automatic deadlines to take care of reverting the membership to a free one.

Thanks So Much! April

2/21/2008 - We came from totally different world

Please remove me from your site. Thank you first! I found the love of my life on your site. I don't believe that I could have found her on any other site. We came from totally different worlds, but connected on your site.

Thanks! Jim

2/14/2008 - We have the same core values

Happy story!

We met thru green singles last October (when I took you advice and sent smiles out to everyone who looked interesting, not waiting to be contacted first!). After initial correspondance, turns out we have a dear friend in common, who vouched for both of us as being really who we said we were in our profiles. That led to several months of lengthy emails, sharing of cd's and cookies by snail mail, and finally meeting for a weekend at a midway point in Arkansas (I am in Mississippi)at a beautiful state park in Jan. That went so well that Dave came to my place for a long weekend, which cemented our relationship.

We have the same core values and spirituality, and sense of humor. We challenge each other to live ever more "green" lifestyles, and consider ourselves a couple now and are planning several more visits (carpooling with friends, so as to leave a smaller carbon footprint) and combining work and pleasure to justify the travel. Though neither of us can relocate at the moment, it doesn't matter - we are delighted to be a part of each other's lives, and look forward to how things will unfold.

Though it turned out we had common friends, living in different states we would never have met were it not for Green Singles. We tell everyone about your wonderful service. What a joy to be with another vegetarian, btw, living in Mississippi, the land of "big meat."
Dave and I look forward to cherishing our times together and apart, and to dedicating our energies for the healing & happiness of all sentient beings, including you too! Thank you!

peace, nan ("organic farmer in land of Monsanto"

2/12/2008 - turned out to be "a perfect fit"

Dear Mary and Alan,
I have been very lucky and found the most wonderful man on your web site. I was not going to use the internet, but found your ad in the Co-op America Quarterly and it was so different and encouraging. The first and only person I contacted turned out to be "a perfect fit" and we are happily making long-term plans. You may cancel my membership. You are providing a great service by helping people to find someone like-minded. Thank you very much!

2/2/2008 - Our first date was wonderful

Hi,

I started writing Michael the same day I applied for a transfer within my company. He lived within 40 miles of where I would be transferring. We wrote and talked on the phone for the two months I was still in my home state. Our first date was wonderful and we fell deeper in love, cementing what had been formed in long distance communication. We have been together for six months now and got married a week ago. We were soulmates and meant to be together and I thank Greensingles for allowing us to meet. Looking forward to a lifetime of love and laughter with my best friend,

Serena and Michael

12/19/07 - I took a chance and sent a smile.

It is probably no revelation that many people search through your site for their matches in the evening hours. One particular evening, discouraged by the lack of available, ethical, vegan, compassionate and environmentally-aware singles in my area, I decided to discard the idea of geographical proximity and type in all the characteristics that I hoped for in a mate: vegan, in my generation, someone who has a child and who wants another child in their lives and so on. My match appeared and he lives in New York. I live in North Carolina. I took a chance and sent a smile. After two and a half months of nearly nightly phone calls that lasted 2-3 hours each and hundreds of text messages between the two of us, this past weekend I finally met "BenNYart" in person. I had the strange sensation of meeting someone for the first time but with whom I already felt deeply connected - as if we had known and cared for each other for much longer; someone I share quirks and values with. We both decided after this weekend together that we were very happy and that we would delete our accounts immediately. We don't know yet what the future holds for us but it looks promising and we both realize that your site made it possible for us to meet. Thank you for helping us find each other. ~ "vegmama"

12/3/2007 - Miracles do happen

Dear GreenSingles,

I heard about you from an acquaintance who had met her match on Greensingles at age 67, and moved from Maine to Vermont two years ago to marry. I had been on several other dating sites and was discouraged and ready to quit looking. Little did I realize that in a short while after signing on I would meet my soulmate on Greensingles at age 64, that he would be across the country in Seattle and that our phone conversations would be so wonderfully connected that I would fly out to meet him after just three weeks of 4 hour phone calls. We exchanged a couple more visits before he moved to Vermont to live with me. We are delighted and amazed at our good fortune in finding each other, and full of gratitude to Greensingles for making this great joy possible. Miracles do happen, and my advice to all is not to give up, and to get really clear about what matters.

Thanks, Dinny aka artseer, and Pan

12/1/2007 - we had found the person we were longing for

Greetings Green Singles,

Wrensong and Dunewalker thank you for making our relationship possible. Without your outstanding site there is no way that the two of us would have met and fallen in love. One in Missouri and one in Nebraska, almost 450 miles apart. We exchanged over 50 pages of email and a number of phone calls before we actually saw each other. By our second meeting (after 7 weeks) we knew that we had found the person we were longing for all this time. Thanks again for making it possible for us to meet.

8/11/2008 - (update) We're now engaged. Thanks a bunch.

11/28/2007- Dear Mary & Alan, I'm more than happy to inform you of another Green Singles success story. This Kindhearted Gal met her Counting Crow. I was on the site for a few months and had many correspondences from interested parties in and around my location, as well as from far and beyond. I met with a few for a first date or two and although they were nice guys, the connection just wasn't there. So, I decided to take a chance and send a smile to a fellow whose profile kept grabbing my attention (Counting Crow). It wasn't just his inviting smile which pulled me in, but his words of expression in his writing. He responded sort of wearily with some concern about the fact that I was a little taller then himself - "You do realize I'm shorter then you, don't you?", "If this is an overlook, I understand". Well, it wasn't an overlook and I really didn't care.

We continued our correspondences with growing intrigue. As days turned to weeks, we began speaking on the phone about meeting for lunch or dinner perhaps. Finally a couple months from our first correspondence, we met. Well, we had planned to meet on an AMC (Appalachian Mountain Club) hike, but I couldn't find the carpool location and had no idea how to get to the hike's starting point. I gave him a call and he came up with a resolution to our predicament - meeting at a central location and going on our own hike. From the moment I saw his smiling face the attraction was apparent. I noticed too, that his grin continue to expand as the date drew on. We had a wonderful time on the hike and decided to extend our outing by going to a local restaurant for a bite to eat. It was nothing fancy, but the warmth between us was definitely permeating. When we finally returned to our vehicles he looked me in the eyes, leaned over and softly kissed me... "Wow", was both our reactions! We've been enjoying our time together thus far learning, living, loving and being truly grateful for our connection and the powers that brought us together. My Forever Love was found. Keep reaching for the stars! Warmly, Lauren (Kindhearted Gal)

11/16/2007 - a very promising and beautiful relationship

I just wanted to tell you I sent a smile to a man the very first day I posted my profile on Greensingles several month ago. Several days later he contacted me back and we've now established what looks like a very promising and beautiful relationship. We have agreed by way of commitment to each other to close our accounts, so that is what I am doing today. Thank you for establishing an internet dating site of such consciousness and integrity that it attracts members of the same quality. I'm thrilled with my new man. B.B. - Santa Fe NM

11/15/2007 - I have found the perfect woman

Hi-- I have just closed my account because I don't need you anymore. I have found the perfect woman--- thanks to you. And thank you for the great experience you have created for your clients. It's easy, it looks great, and it has everything I needed. I know there are many services like yours 'out there' and they're all a little different, but you seem to have all the right stuff and you're friendly too.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,

11/4/2007 - I am happier than I've been in many years.

Hi Mary & Alan,

I won't be renewing because I've met the most wonderful man on greensingles already! We met within a month of my joining--after I had been "looking" for someone for several years. I was impressed with the many interesting people in my area that I found on your site. I like the way you run it, and I have referred several friends. I am happier than I've been in many years.

Thank you!!... Kathy

11/2/2007 - thank you for connecting me

Dear Green Singles: I want to very warmly thank you for connecting me, Ilanit, with B. I always appreciated your service, which is so caring of our planet and all its inhabitants, whose members are -- all I chatted with -- very fine people, and whose web-system has been so reliable and esay to use. AND, it worked, because it put B and I in contact, which I doubt would ever had happened without Green Singles! We are very compatible indeed, and both of us "one of a kind", so not easy to find compatibility without an excellent service like Green Singles. Please discontinue/erase my profile, because I found a very good man and partner. I attach photo. THANK YOU AGAIN, ILANIT

Hey, Mary and Alan,

Thanks to you folks, I'll no longer need your swell service. So, I'll let my membership lapse and keep my profile hidden. Best, Barry

10/25/2007 - I have met someone special

Dear GreenSingles,
I am happy to report that I have met someone special through your site and we have been dating since June. We get along very well and it is such a pleasure for both of us to have met someone with similar interests and dietary preferences. Thank you for your service. I have posted your site details (the flyer from your site) at a local natural food market and I will continue to refer your site to those who are looking to meet someone. Blessings for continued success!
Kind Regards, Kimberly

10/14/2007 - we were destined to be for each other

Hi Mary.

I think it's time to close my account and thank you very much for your great service. It's true that we could have not met without you. He, 67. divorced, lives in California, and I, 59, divorced, live in Texas, a two thousand mile distance. We started emailing in February 2007 and decided to meet two months ago at his ranch in California. After that meeting or that one week stay, we found that we were destined to be for each other. One obstacle is the distance between Cali and Texas. We don't want to move. Each has his/her good reasons which are understandable by both. We, finally, agree to fly to each other every two or three months. I'm going to fly there again next week at his own expense just like last time. He's generous and kind-hearted. This time, I will stay for three weeks. Then sometime next February, he will fly over Texas to see me. We are working on the 2000 mile obstacle. Even if we cannot have a happy ending like other couples, we still can have each other and enjoy our company. This arrangement is perfect in our case and we decide that this is our only love and also our last love.

Thank you again for your good work which is very helpful and meaningful. Also, I would like to send my best wishes to those green friends who are still seeking. Good luck to you all. Keep seeking and you'll find. A happy ending is not for everyone, but a good companion and a true soulmate can be found by him who himself is what he is looking for. Once you have found him or her, don't let the long distance get into your way. Physically, you are separated but your heart and your soul are not. That counts.

Tam.

9/13/2007 - We got married, thanks to GreenSingles!

We got married, thanks to GreenSingles!

Hi--
I met Ian through Greensingles in February of 2006, and I am happy to report that we just got married on September 1, 2007! He was living in Philadelphia and I was living in Virginia Beach at the time, so without your website, it could never have happened! Thank you, GreenSingles!
Elizabeth and Ian

9/12/2007 - The best for conscious folks

Hey, Alan & Mary... No wedding bells yet. or photos. But yes, you can hide my profile. And thanks, again, for your service. The best for conscious folks. And should I become engaged, I'll send you that testimonial and photo. Barry

7/10/2007 - We clicked the first time we met

Just to let you know that I am deleting my account, prompted by you, because I have met someone through GreenSingles. Daniel lives in Maine, I in Philadelphia; he is 76, I am 65; he was divorced, I widowed. We clicked the first time we met in Philadelphia in January and have been seeing each other ever since. Neither of us is willing to move, so we have a house in the city (mine) and one in the country (his) - the best of two worlds. So far we are willing to travel back and forth though the distance (10 hours by car; cheap flights 4 hours from his house) is an obstacle of sorts. We are treating our new relationship and the complications of visits as a new adventure, one inspiring both of us. We feel amazingly young.

Sara

5/12/2007 - The work you do ...changes people's lives !!!

Dear Mary & Alan ~

You are such sweet people ! The work you do ...changes people's lives !!!

I am so happy greensingles...exists ...as I have met soo many beautiful people on your site !

Peace within ,

Ronni

4/29/2007 - I have met my soul mate

Yes, I have met my soul mate and soon will be making our commitment in just a few weeks. Please remove my profile from your site and thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely, cleo

3/29/2007 - without this service might not have found each other

Hi Greensingles,

"Thank you Green Singles for helping Kristin and I connect. Though our relationship is new, I have faith that we will have a long and loving partnership. This confidence is based on our shared values, lifestyle choices, and dreams. It feels wonderful to have a 'green' partner; someone who understands and values my efforts in support of environmental and social sustainability. We currently live in different states, and without this service might not have found each other. It takes a lot of courage to buy a ticket and make a date with someone you've not met in person (Thanks Kristin!). Fortunately, the process of mutual exploration that starts with the profiles really does translate into a high probability of it working out in person. I am glad to have found someone who is available for the loving, committed, and close relationship I've been dreaming of. Kristin, and our relationship, feels like a dream come true. - Shandin"

"Internet dating doesn't feel like the most romantic way to meet a potential partner, but I am grateful that it exists and that it helped me connect to an incredibly beautiful, passionate, gentle man. Best wishes for all you out there who are currently seeking love. Have Faith. - Kristin"

4/23/2007 - Your site has a markedly different and superior group of users.

Subject - appreciation

Message - I just wanted to thank you for your site.

I do recall when you were a newsletter! Your website is clear and easy to use. It gives a thoughtful and useful way to join or to participate in stages. For those new to the world of online dating, they won't know how lucky they are if your site is their introduction! Your site has a markedly different and superior group of users. Who knows if it is too late for the planet- but for online dating - you arrived just in time!

Thank you.

3/28/2007 - he proposed in our bean patch

Hi Mary and Alan,

I wrote to you about a year ago to tell you I'd found him. Told you I'd keep you posted. Well, after an amazing summer (2006) of growing things and selling our chemical-free produce at the local farmer's market, he proposed in our bean patch. We are currently planning our green wedding and our second year of farmer's markets, and we have you to thank.

Darin and I just spent the evening in the garden, as we do almost every night. We have put up two greenhouses this season and are working on getting a CSA started for our community.

Just wanted to let you know we never would have met if it weren't for Greensingles.

Thank you again!

Deb and Darin
Wedding Date: Sept. 15, 2007

3/28/2007 - I met someone extraordinary within 2 days

I found your site easy to navigate and very wholesome in content. I met someone extraordinary within 2 days of placing my profile. Someone with whom I would have shared mutual interests and a mutual attraction if we had met in a non-online way. However without Green Singles our paths would not have crossed. Thanks. Quantum Blonde Agapegirl

Should I be kissing a meat-eater?
Dating sites for environmentalists help separate the true believers from the poseurs

ALEXANDRA SHIMO | Apr 2, 2007 | Mcleans Magazine, Canada

The problem with dating is that people often turn out to be not quite as advertised. Take Steve (not his real name), an Ottawa man in his twenties who on the surface seemed to Jodi, then a twentysomething living in Ottawa, to be extremely promising dating material -- attractive, funny, intelligent, kind, generous, well-dressed and sociable. Quite a catch, in other words. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly, but then a small slip revealed Steve's true nature. "He flicked a cigarette butt on the ground. How could he do that? I was aghast," said Jodi, an environmentalist who takes her activism seriously. "He said he was environmentally conscious, but here he was, littering. Some people give off the green symbols, but they are not totally green at heart."

To find a more authentic greenie, Jodi joined GreenSingles, one of the growing number of social and professional networking groups serving environmentalists, tree huggers, vegans, fruitarians, vegetarians and raw-food vegetarians who would like to meet people of similar interests. She is also a member of veggielove.com, a dating site for vegetarians.

Green dating is the latest manifestation of a movement that has become akin to a secular religion, says Keith Neuman, vice-president, public affairs group, for Environics Research Group. The growing popularity of environmentalism in Canada has likely helped these sites become more popular, he adds. The group Green Drinks has branches in 22 countries, including the U.K., the U.S. and Canada. Since opening its first Canadian branch in Vancouver in February 2005, it has spread across the country with 20 new chapters nationwide.

GreenSingles boasts similar expansion. "We've grown about 20 per cent every year in the last three years," says founder Lee Schulman from his Ohio-based office. "We are now in every province in Canada and right across the United States."

GreenSingles, which is owned and operated by vegetarians, lets members choose a gay or straight match from any age group within Europe, Canada, or across the U.S. Other networking sites allow members to further refine their search. The website loveisgreen.org lets participants search for gay or straight dates, relationships or polyamorous relationships, or dates from any age group and a variety of lifestyle choices. Categories include almost-vegetarian, vegetarian, almost-vegan, vegan, raw-food vegetarian, raw-food vegan and fruitarian. Love is Green did not return Maclean's requests for an interview, though their on-site mandate makes clear why they believe such an extensive list of choices is necessary. " 'Love is blind.' We don't think so. Even love can't ignore certain facts like e.g. the treatment of (non-human) animals."

Jodi, who works as an advertising representative for an Ontario newspaper and runs a store specializing in hemp products, has not yet found a green soulmate online, but has found like-minded friends. The websites also provide an outlet for discussing the trials and tribulations of the green lifestyle -- the morality, for instance, of kissing a "meat-eater" and the dearth of non-gay vegetarian men in the southern United States.

As with religion, environmentalists have a wide range of perspectives, says Neuman, some more extreme than others. When opinions differ, it can put a strain on the relationship. Brenna, 26, a Toronto environmental researcher, has a boyfriend who shares many of her ecological beliefs. Like her, he recycles almost everything, prefers to walk rather than drive, and tries to eat vegetarian. Brenna is concerned, however, that he may not be as serious about saving the world as she is. The conflict is over showering. While she takes very short showers -- about five minutes -- to conserve water, he likes to enjoy much longer ones. "The long showers have been a sticking point with us. It bothers me. I thought when we started dating he was more environmentally friendly than he is. Environmental beliefs are a big part of who I am."

Jodi concurs. "The problem is that environmentalists don't go around with signs around their necks. They might wear hemp clothing or batik jewellery, but you just don't know whether they are completely committed. These sites are really useful to find those who walk the walk, rather than trendies who just look the part."

2/28/2007 - Dear Mary and Alan,

It is with great fondness and gratitude that I bid you adieu, and close my account. I joined GreenSingles.com in November of 2002. I�d been divorced for several years, and hadn�t been meeting men that resonated with me.

Over the course of my membership, I met several men that I still hold in high regard, even though things did not work out for a lasting relationship. One or two will hold especially fond memories. In addition to that, I met one man that is a good friend. Along the way, there were a few dates that, while not my cup of tea, will provide humor should I ever decide to write my memoirs!

I had also tried other sites, one of which promised to match people based on compatibility, but none could compete with the consistent quality of the membership of your site.

My last GreenSingles date, �Jack826,� (though still Green) is no longer single, and neither am I! He first contacted me in June of 2005, and we were married in October of 2006. I�ve only kept my free membership this long to occasionally peruse the early correspondence between my husband and me.

Thanks again for everything.

With Gratitude and Love, �Leela�

2/14/2007 - Hi Mary & Alan,

I just deleted my account and wanted you to know why. I enjoyed my time with Greensingles and met some super, really truly truly, super people. My kind of people. Nothing but great things to say about Greensingles. Out of all the online services I have used over the years yours was by far the best. The only reason I am not doing it anymore is cuz I'm just burned out on the whole on-line thing. I seem to do much better in real life, close up and personal situations.

So good luck and thank you for all you've done!! Laura

2/14/2007 - Subject - a great love story (for Valentines Day)

Message - I feel like this should have been written so long ago. I contacted Rob on this site in June of 04, met face to face July 26/04 and were married on May24,05. We just moved into our new home that we built in the woods near Bellingham Wa. I had joined green singles twice and met a few people for coffee and that was it. I was recovering from back surgery and decided to join again just to have something to do in the middle of the night when I was bored. You're someone new in the area alerted me to Rob's new listing. I was somewhat amused as new to my area was really 350 miles away. I never answered ads without pictures but, his profile was so sweet and honest I thought I would take a chance. This morning I awoke to the most honest, sincere, healthy happy Valentine ever! I have told many people about you and I know a few have also met there true love. Rob even mentioned you during the wedding. Thank you so from Rob and me, I can't say we never would have met without your help, we just may have been too old to do anything fun.
Sincerely, Cindy and Rob

2/8/2007 - NOW Toronto Magazine

Q Where can a girl find a cute earth-conscious guy who doesn't drive a gas guzzler or chain himself to a tree?

A Nothing like a holiday dedicated to romance to freak singles out about the slim pickin's in their immediate vicinity. But the Valentine's Day build-up can be even more of a headache for anyone with extra dating filters - you know, like if you'll only smooch non-smoking vegan environmentalist cat- lovers.

First of all, you've got to establish realistic expectations that are right for you. Maybe you don't mind a guy who eats chicken as long as he recycles fervently and bikes to work.

And make sure to allow room for improvement. He may not turn the lights off as often as he should, but you can work on that. You never know, perhaps he's not aware of how polluting his water bottle habit/running toilet is. The critical factor here is that the person is open to new ideas and won't pop a blood vessel when you suggest a switch to compact fluorescent bulbs.

But where do you find such a guy � or girl? (This applies to you, too, single boys.) Well, you can rule out most typical pickup joints, although you might find cute artsy types with a conscience at places like the Social or the Gladstone, depending on the night. Check the listings for eco fundraisers or carbon-neutral band nights (not sure if those actually exist, but you get the point). Or do a little cruisin' at vegetarian restaurants. (Hey, people often eat lunch alone and might enjoy a friendly, non-creepy conversation!)

Really, one of the best ways to find tree-hugging men and women is go straight to the source - volunteer at an environmental org. This way, you can pick the degree of activism you feel comfortable with. Not into the radical tree-chainers? That's okay, just suss out the level-headed folk at more mainstream groups like Sierra Club.

Or get your hands dirty and join restoration efforts in your area (you never know, all that sweaty tree planting and litter collecting could be sexy, or at least an ice breaker). The Ontario Environment Network lists nearly 1,000 eco orgs across the province (www.oen.ca), be they habitat restorers or pollution probers.

Like fresh-air, active types? Join hiking, biking or canoeing troups. The Toronto Bicycling Network doesn't just hold Friday-night rides; it also hosts cross-country ski expeditions and weekend getaways (www.tbn.ca).

Of course, I must reiterate that none of the above groups want their events or meetings turned into predatory meat markets. I'm just saying they provide potential exposure to like-minded people. Green Drinks nights are another good way to broaden your social circle. Every third Wednesday of the month, enviro professionals and greenies meet up for cocktails at the Bedford Academy on Prince Arthur for after-work pints. Average attendance is said to be between 70 to 100, and there are always lots of new faces (www.greendrinks.org).

The only surefire way to know you're mingling with Inconvenient Truthies who are also single and willing to be hit on is to check out some green singles networks. Yes, they exist! Wouldn't you know it, online dating has also gone to the bird-lovers.

GreenSingles.com is probably the biggest online eco dating network, with countless tree-huggin' men and women in the Toronto area (and around the world) to pick from. You'll find every type here from clean-cut therapists to grizzly mountain men � none of whom you'll have to debate on the validity of climate change science (phew). EarthWiseSingles.com has a few dozen across the province. Greenpassions.com has only a handful of single peeps in T.O. posted this week.

Greenfriends.com is a veggie environmentalist site whose motto is "Where vegetarian friends and singles feel at home." Lovesorganic.com is another meat-free, earth-conscious singles network.

Loveisgreen.org has fewer listings for Toronto but lets