Sunday, October 14, 2007

Essential Skill #13: Get Hitched

Every day is a special day when you make a green decision, but even more so when you choose the fun and easy eco-options for the biggest day of your life. It's Essential Skill #13 in The Live Earth Global Warming Handbook:

Get Hitched.

"If one million couples halved the CO2 cost of their weddings," writes author David de Rothschild, "we'd eliminate 7.25 million tons of the stuff."

To green your wedding, de Rothschild suggests you:
  • Have your wedding in the location that's closest to most of your guests
  • Choose vintage wedding rings or recycled gold weddings rings
  • Ask guests to RSVP by email or phone instead of reply cards in the mail
  • Get your flowers from a local grower
  • Have guests throw wildflower seeds instead of rice

We have a few suggestions of our own:

For links to a long list of eco-friendly wedding suppliers, go to EthicalWeddings.com.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

No weddings planned, but for those we attend we'll definitely keep green gifting and traveling in mind.

Anonymous said...

Yes, indeed we will. We will green gift them with www.drippingincolor.com Soy Candles.

:)