Want your day of commitment to be in harmony with the environment? Well you're not alone. More and more couples are making green choices when planning their special day. Here are some tips to help the only footprints you leave behind to be those of you and your beloved in the sand.
- Support wedding officiants and other vendors who live/work green! Book with Ever After Weddings and Rev. Rachel Rainbolt and you will be supporting leaders in the natural living community.
- Invitations: Print your invitations on recycled paper, use electronic invitations, or create a wedding website (there are numerous sites that allow you to create your wedding website using templates). One of my favorite ideas is to embed seeds in the invitation and then the guests can plant the actual invitation and it will grow into a tree.
- Favors: Trees (you can order seeds in a tube with a personalized label from numerous companies), make a donation in each guest's name, buy local, buy organic.
- Centerpieces: Use plants that can later be planted, vases made from recycled glass or bamboo, or fruit that guests can take home.
- Flowers: Grow them yourself, buy local, buy organic, or use silk flowers.
- Rings: Gold and diamonds are two of the dirties businesses in the world. Buy vintage or man-made processed diamond alternatives and locally mined gold.
- Dress: Buy vintage, organic cotton, or silk. Consider donating your gown afterward.
- Have your ceremony and reception at the same place to avoid adding drive time for all your guests.
- Donate leftover food to a shelter.
- Throw birdseed instead of rice.
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