Be sure to check out my latest article on eHow, "How to Plan a Green Wedding." It's got lots of great tips on ways to make your wedding more eco-friendly.
You can also find some great green wedding books at the Perfect Memories Wedding Store, and find more information on green weddings throughout the site.
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Showing posts with label green weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green weddings. Show all posts
Saturday, September 27, 2008
How to Plan a Green Wedding on eHow
Monday, September 22, 2008
Green Wedding Resources
Eco-friendly, green weddings are a relatively new trend where brides and grooms make environmentally conscious decisions in planning their weddings. If you are planning a green wedding, look for products (like wedding favors and dresses) that are labeled green or environmentally friendly, and ask companies and vendors about their environmental policies.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Green Wedding Tip #5: Reuse, Reuse, Reuse!
Happy Earth Day everyone! Time for another Green Wedding Tip.
Part of "living green" is being less wasteful, and weddings are traditionally big on the "waste" factor. So many of the items we purchase for the ceremony and reception are used just for one day, and then stored in a closet or perhaps even thrown away.
As you plan your wedding, think about things you can use that have already had a life. Perhaps you can borrow reception decorations from a friend, or buy a wedding dress that's already been worn. Most of the items you can purchase new, you can also find used, likely for a much lower price.
Then after the big day, look at all of the items you have from your wedding and think about what can be reused. Some things might find another life within your own home--that frame you used to hold the bar menu can hold a print from your honeymoon. Other things you may be able to sell to other brides for use in their own weddings. And finally, you can always donate items, from wedding dresses to decor. Your wedding memories will be sure to find an appreciative new home.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Poll results: Is your wedding eco-friendly?
The results of our latest poll are in, and it looks like, at least among Perfect Memories Wedding Blog readers, green weddings are still just a trend that a lot of you aren't ready to embrace. But even if you don't want to plan a completely green wedding, there's a lot of simple things you can do to reduce the environmental impact of your ceremony and reception. Check out all of our posts on green weddings for ideas.
Is your wedding eco-friendly?
- Yes! Totally green: 25 percent
- Yes, where we can: 0 percent
- A little bit, but not on purpose: 25 percent
- No, not at all: 50 percent
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Green Wedding Tip #4: Natural lighting
A daytime wedding will require less lighting, and thus less electricity, and be much more environmentally friendly. But if you're planning an evening affair, you can still reduce your energy impact by using candles to light your event.
Besides saving on electricity for your green wedding, candles can had a romantic, intimate feel to your ceremony and reception. Choose soy candles for an eco-friendly glow.
Find more green wedding advice at the Perfect Memories Wedding Store.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Green Wedding Tip #3: Buy locally
Another way to reduce your wedding's carbon footprint is to purchase items and hire vendors locally. The closer vendors are to you and your wedding venue, the less environmental impact they will have, using less fuel to travel to your ceremony and reception. The same goes for purchased items, such as invitations, cake toppers and decorations. Buying wedding goods from a local store eliminates the need for shipping, which uses both fuel and packing materials that wouldn't otherwise be necessary.
Also, even if you hire a local florist, think about the types of flowers you are using in your bouquets, centerpieces and other decor. If the flowers aren't in season locally, they'll need to be shipped in from somewhere else.
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News Roundup: A look at wedding trends
As I was browsing some online articles from the last month or so, I noticed a lot of stories dealing with trends. Whether promoting them or refuting them, these articles give a look at what's hot now in wedding ideas, as well as examine some more social trends in weddings. Here are a few stories to check out:
- What's hot in weddings--and what's not
- Research, reflection will help you take all the trends in stride
- Hottest trend in weddings is going green
- White wedding dresses are losing their taboo for pregnant brides
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Green Wedding Tip #2: Skip the styrofoam
Make your wedding more green and serve dinner with real china and flatware at your reception. Plastic, paper and Styrofoam cups, plates, napkins and flatware create more waste and some of it is not biodegradable.
By using china, real flatware or silverware and linen napkins, you're using products that can be used again and again at other events. Plus, it will give your wedding a more classy, elegant feel.
Find more green wedding advice at the Perfect Memories Wedding Store.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Green Wedding Tip #1: Paperless Announcements
Help the environment out and save a few trees as you send out information about your wedding. You might not be ready to skip a paper wedding invitation, but some other typical wedding correspondence can certainly be done paper-free:
- Use eCards to send important announcements. When it comes to announcing your engagement, sending save-the-dates or inviting guest to pre-wedding activities like showers and rehearsal dinners, email a card to your friends and family instead. Check out sites like Evite and The Knot (requires login) for free tools.
- Create a Web site to organize the details. Posting everything from directions to hotel accommodations to registry information on a Web site eliminates the number of inserts needed for your wedding invitations. Wedding planning sites like The Knot and Wedding Channel (requires login) offer free templates, or you can get a custom URL and a more personalized design from sites like Nearlyweds! and Wedding Tracker for a modest fee.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Going "Green" for April
One of the biggest trends in weddings right now is green weddings. No, not the color--the environment. As the country becomes more and more environmentally conscious, brides and wedding planners are following suit.
For the entire month of April, Perfect Memories is going "green" too. The green text and color will appear throughout the blog as a reminder to "think green." Then, in addition to regular entries, we'll be featuring some special content:
- Green Wedding Tips: Tune in Mondays and Fridays for quick and easy ideas on making your wedding more environmentally friendly.
- Green Living Tips: On Wednesdays, I'll feature an idea for being more eco-conscious in your every day life.
- Eco-themed Polls: Starting with this week's poll, you'll be able to cast your vote on green questions.
- Special Guest Blogs: Look for entries from environmental experts and enthusiasts.
Find more green wedding advice at the Perfect Memories Wedding Store.
New poll: Is your wedding eco-friendly?
Being "green" is a big issue today, and more and more brides and grooms are choosing to consider the environment when planning their weddings. I'm curious to see how much of an impact the environment has had on your wedding plans. Vote on the poll on the left sidebar and let me know:
Is your wedding eco-friendly?
- Yes! Totally green.
- Yes, where we can.
- A little bit, but not on purpose.
- No, not at all.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Blog Action Day for the environment
It's Blog Action Day, a day for bloggers to post about environmental issues. Within the wedding blog community, however, it seems like it's been blog action week, as many have already taken the challenge issued by ready2spark: share how you are trying to minimize your impact on the environment.
DIY Bride took on the challenge today, and invited others to "tag" themselves. So I thought I would. Here are four things we currently do to help the environment:
- We've made efforts to have a more energy-efficient home (admittedly, my husband gets the most credit here). About 3/4 of the light bulbs in our home are energy-efficient ones, and we'll continue to add more as our regular bulbs burn out.
- My husband installed an automated thermostat that adjusts the temperature based on times that we are either normally not at home or in bed. This eliminates wasteful energy used on over heating or cooling our home when we don't need it.
- We use energy-efficient settings on both our washing machine and our dishwasher.
- We do our best to coordinate our schedules and car-pool into work on the days we both are going into the city.
- WeddingsInABox offers links to invitations not made from trees.
- Toast and Tables has information on green registries.
- Etsy Wedding also showcases some eco-friendly invites.
- Style Me Pretty shares some advice from Eco-Chic Weddings.
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