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Making your special event Greener is easy with all of the
environmentally friendly products that are now available.
Small changes to your plans can make your special day beautiful and elegant, while minimizing the impact to the environment.
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Daytime weddings reduce the need for electricity |
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25 Tips for a Greener Event
1. Simplify. Your wedding will be memorable and enjoyable for everyone
2. Have a Daytime wedding, reducing the need for lighting, thereby saving
electricity.
3. If lighting is necessary, use soy candles. Hang canning jars with candles and reuse the jars later.
4. Have wedding & reception at the same location to save on gasoline usage.
5. Encourage guests to carpool, or use public transportation, where available. Discourage the use of Stretch limos. Use horse drawn carriages or Hybrid vehicles where available.
6. Use re-cycled paper for invitations, programs & favors. Simplify your invitations and eliminate the extra envelopes, and paper inserts.
7. To save paper, encourage electronic responses (email) or telephone RSVP's.
8. Send electronic Save The Date messages when possible. Use the telephone.
9. To assist guests to stay cool in hot weather, provide hand held fans.
10. Provide umbrellas for sun protection on sunny days, or put up cloth tents.
11. Wear vintage clothing, or clothing made from nature friendly fabrics such as Hemp or Bamboo.
12. Purchase antique wedding sets, or recycle jewelry into new pieces.
13. Toss wild birdseed rather than rice or confetti after the ceremony.
14. Use flower seed embedded paper for a favor. May be left whole or cut into shapes.
15. Give trees, or easy to grow plants as a favor
16. Use environmentally friendly dinnerware and utensils. Products made from corn & wheat are available for disposable utensils, or use washable products.
17. Use home grown flowers or live plants.
18. Use recycled containers for flower arrangements, or use items from nature, such as pinecones for decorating.
19. Don't use confetti, it is difficult to remove. If you must use confetti, use paper confetti only (no Mylar), and only in easy to clean up areas.
20. Use items from natures, such as leaves, or rocks for place cards. Write guests' names on the item, or in the case of a pinecone, add a tiny tag with guest's name.
21. Use fabric linens, and if possible, line dry the laundry. Use colors that don't require Bleaching.
22. Recycle all recyclables after the wedding reception
23. Serve organic and locally grown food.
24. Compost leftover food from plates.
25. Use safe cleaning products, and leave the wedding & reception site in better condition than it was found. Leave no trash behind.
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Links to Eco Friendly Sites:
Recycled paper invitations:
Naturally Ever After
Invite Site
Invitations By Dawn
Green Favors
Plant a memory
Arbor Day Foundation
Tree In A Box
Eco Friendly Favors
Personalized Seed Packets
Eco Friendly Disposable Dishes
Excellent Packaging
Eco Products
Tree Cycle
Eco Friendly Formal Wear
Conscious Clothing
Thread Head Creations
Organic Hemp Clothing
Organic Florists
Organic Bouquet
Diamond Organics
California Organic Flowers
Paperless invitations
Evite.com
Personal Wedding Website
e Wedding.com
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