Great Ideas For Green Weddings

by Judith Rivers-Moore

Eco-chic (environmental or green weddings) are increasingly popular.

Couples everywhere are choosing to go green. While everyone appears to be accusing them of copy-cat ideas, we see deep concern in the issues and understand why people want to cut the extravagant use of gasoline, paper, wood, fabrics, plastics and move toward cottons, re-cycled dresses, chemicals and paper usage while moving toward vegan, vegetarian and organic considerations on the menus for their wedding celebrations.

Here are some tips when planning an eco-friendly green wedding which incorporates ecologically and socially responsible products and services.

• Location: consider a local wedding site so most guests do not have extended travel. Many couples are opting for botanical gardens over major hotels. Nuptials are being held on nature preserves, the beach, parks or their own backyards.
• Some couples opt for a celebration in two or three cites that they travel to.
  
• Lodging for guests and honeymoon selection are viewed with what is the resort or hotel doing for the environment and do they have a policy or standard.

• Utilize local resources and businesses or products for your wedding. In addition to saving on transportation, you’ll be supporting small businesses and your local economy. which is made from grapes and grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or other chemicals which damage soil and water. There are many organic wine vineyards to choose from.

• Wedding cake: Find a baker that will make a vegan cake with organic, natural and fair trade ingredients. Even your coffee can be fair trade!

• Some limo companies now offer a eco-chic hybrid alternative. Or use a rickshaw to arrive and leave in.

• Interestingly the wedding photography has a organic attitude: a digital format uses no chemical. Digital photos are easier to share and much more environmentally friendly. No harmful chemicals, film or wasted paper. If you are set on film photography, there are less toxic developing methods, discuss this option with your photographer.

• Honeymooners may want to include unique botanical areas or species threatened areas and consider the rainforest in Costa Rica or an amazing adventurous escape at an eco friendly holistic luxurious spa in Africa, Thailand or Fiji.

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