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Going Green on Your Wedding Day

Kori Ellis — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:03:21 +0000

Are you becoming more eco-conscious? You can do little things on your wedding day to be more friendly to the environment. Follow these green wedding tips and enjoy your day.

Have a candlelight ceremony
Everyone knows the candlelight weddings are beautiful. Plus, you will be conserving electricity. Get married by candlelight outdoors at dusk. For your reception, if it’s indoors, be sure the facility uses CFLs. These light bulbs use less power and save tremendously in greenhouse gases.

Go local
Use local wedding vendors for organic flowers, food, wine and more. You will also save fuel because of less transportation costs for a local wedding. Arrange for carpools for your guests from the ceremony to the reception site.

Skip the wedding favors
Instead of wedding favors, make a donation in the names of your guests to an environmental charity. Be sure to leave a card on the reception tables and in the programs that you are making the donation. You don’t want your guests to think you are just cheap!

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Splendid Spring Wedding Favors

Kori Ellis — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:24:25 +0000

If you are getting married this spring, you may be shopping for your wedding favors. This season, look for wedding favors that feature a spring motif. The obvious choice is florals. Any wedding favors depicting flowers are a good choice for spring. However, there are several other types of spring wedding favors to consider.

Going Green

If you are looking for green wedding favors for your spring wedding, give your guests seed packets or other favors related to nature. You can purchase seed packets that are personalized with the names of the bride and groom. Other spring wedding favors to consider include mini potted plants, flower bulbs and even plantable paper.

Beautiful Butterflies

Butterflies signify beauty, renewal and re-birth. For this reason, they are oftentimes associated with weddings – a time when the bride and groom start a new life together. You can choose traditional wedding favors such as key chains, candle holders and picture frames with a butterfly design.

Photo credit: Truly Wedding Favors

Simple Green Wedding Tips

Kori Ellis — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:09:31 +0000

Maybe you don’t want to have a completely “green” wedding, but you want to do a little more to be eco-friendly. Here are three easy things you can incorporate into your wedding day to be a bit more kind to the environment.

Use Recycled Paper

From green wedding invitations to ceremony programs, use recycled or treeless paper. Recycled stationery costs about the same as tradtional wedding invitations. You can also find treeless paper made from substances such as bamboo or hemp. At the reception, skip the paper napkins and choose cloth instead.

Organize a carpool

Organize a carpool or vanpool to transport everyone to and from the wedding location. This will save a bit of fuel, as well as insure that no one is driving drunk after the reception.

Stick to Digital Photography

Instead of paper based photographs, go completely digital. You will save paper, processing costs, toxic chemicals and more. You can store your digital photos on your wedding website or blog and allow your friends and family to download them. Watch this video to get more social responsible green wedding ideas: