Nice Day for a Green Wedding: TreeHugger Says “I Do”
As we noted yesterday [www.sundancechannel.com], green weddings are hot and hip these days, and, as we’ll note below, becoming easier than ever to source and implement while keeping each couples’ ideas, budget and aesthetic in mind. As with other green lifestyle choices and behaviors like what you eat [www.sundancechannel.com] and what you wear [www.sundancechannel.com], there are long lists (that are getting longer) of ways to implement greener choices at your wedding for the happy couple-to-be, guests and everyone involved. Here are some of TreeHugger’s favorites, including proof that it can actually be done.
1) Perhaps the item that demands the most attention and causes the most trepidation, the dress, deserves some special attention; we looked to Faernyn’s Grove [www.treehugger.com] for stylish, eco-considerate couture that’ll make brides feel as good as they look walking down the aisle.
2) For a comprehensive how-to guide, check out our How to Green Your Wedding [www.treehugger.com] guide, written by TreeHugger Sami Grover, who was in the midst of planning his own green wedding as he compiled the guide; we also organized a few handy tips [www.treehugger.com] for a quick-hitting, lighter-weight guide to getting greener.
3) To prove that it’s possible, Sami wrote a really sweet follow-up [www.treehugger.com] to the guide, including some pics and personal reflection on his big day.
4) You know that an idea’s time has come when it makes on TV, and on a soap opera, no less: “Days of Our Lives [www.treehugger.com] featured Sami and Lucas getting hitched, green-style not long ago; though there are no guarantees about commitment in TV-land (and certainly not on a soap), eco-chic weddings never look better than on TV. No word on whether a “green divorce” (God-forbid) is a possibility.
5) The idea has caught on in Hollywood, too, though not in a movie (just yet, at least); A Soolip Wedding [www.treehugger.com] organized an event where socially conscious brides will find organic cuisine, tree-free/reclaimed material paper, tips for d écor and party favors that’ll have a life beyond the celebratory day.
6) Everybody has their own style; check out this Waiheke Island, New Zealand-style green wedding [www.treehugger.com] to see how to green a wedding in a pretty remote, sometimes hard-to-get-to (at least for North Americans) locale.
7) Portovert magazine, mentioned yesterday, teamed up with the carbon offsetters at NativeEnergy to create a really functional, unique feature: the first U.S. wedding carbon calculator [www.treehugger.com] to help offset guest travel, lodging, venue power and heat and other carbon-related expenses for the activities surrounding a wedding.
Tomorrow: more green wedding tips, including ideas for how to stay green on the big day and beyond…
