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Greening Your Wedding Registry Print E-mail

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It is customary to celebrate a wedding event by gift giving. The tradition of wedding registries—a store’s list of gifts that the bride and groom would prefer to receive —makes it easy for guests to purchase a gift that they know newlyweds will truly love and appreciate.

Environmentally conscious couples will understandably want to create registries that reflect their actual wants, needs, and green living values.  Here are a few ideas for creating an eco-friendly wish list that will help to guide your friends and family...

Creating an Eco Wedding Registry Wish List


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April Wedding Showers Print E-mail

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April is a time of year when it literally rains wedding shower events!

Here are some green ideas to help you plan and host a green wedding shower, whether it's for you or for a close friend eco-bride-to-be...

Organic Flowers for April Wedding Showers


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Hosting a Green Wedding Shower Print E-mail

Weddings

Hosting an eco-friendly wedding shower isn’t all that different from throwing a typical wedding shower—it just requires a bit of green brainstorming. 

Here are some green things to consider as you plan the shower...

Reusable Flatware for a Sustainable Table Setting


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Eco Twists to the Traditional Wedding Shower Print E-mail

WeddingsThe term “wedding shower” may bring visions of a gathering at an aunt’s or grandma’s house where guests’ ages range from 19 to 89, a large sheet cake is served, and cousin Katie gives the bride outrageously sexy lingerie.

The modern bride, though, may be craving something a bit more unique than the traditional wedding shower.  Here are a few ways to make a wedding shower less about the cake and more about doing something novel, exciting, and green...

 Wine Tasting is an Eco Wedding Shower Option


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Green Wedding Venues Print E-mail

Weddings

When planning any wedding, the choice of place is key.  Location is especially important for planet-friendly, vow-exchanging venues, which represent the start of a low-impact, sustainable life together. 

Here are a few ideas to help with eco-friendly inspiration...

Earth-friendly Outdoor Wedding


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Eco Chic Green Weddings Print E-mail

WeddingsSomething old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue.


This Victorian-era good luck poem for a new bride symbolizes continuity with family, the future, the trust of a happily-married friend and the color of love and fidelity.  Almost two and a half million weddings take place every year in the United States.  With an average cost of $20-30,000 per event, weddings have a huge financial impact on the economy.  And as one of the most consumptive, product- and service-oriented industries, the ecological footprint is also huge.


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