5 Things You Need To Know About Ecosexuality

Have you heard someone call themselves “ecosexual”? Even if you know nothing about it, the term may conjure images of people getting down and dirty with nature—but being an ecosexual is so much more.

We chatted with Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D., and Beth Stephens, Ph.D., performance artists, ecosexual experts, and the authors of The Explorer’s Guide to Planet Orgasm to get the scoop on this trend. They describe being ecosexual as this: “you don’t look at the Earth as your mother, you look at it as your lover.” You also experience nature “as sensual, erotic, or sexy.” This could mean anything getting off while writhing around naked in the mud to simply getting joy out of doing it in a hot tub or going on a naked hike. With that said, here are five more things you need to know about ecosexuality. And, hey, you just may walk away with a new discovery about yourself.