1. Go Paperless:
Use virtual invitations: it is cheaper, faster and more convenient. What's not to love? Wedding evites can be customized just like a paper invitation, without killing trees. If the idea of not holding beautiful, thick cardstock in your hands, gives you hives, then get invitations made from recycled paper.
2. Go Vegetarian:
Not only are meat catering options far more expensive than vegetarian choices, they are also worse for the environment. It takes 24 gallons of water to produce one pound of lettuce, as compared to more than 2,000 gallons of water needed to produce one pound of beef. A meat-free menu is just better for the planet. If your carnivorous guests would balk at pure rabbit food, have a chicken option instead of the ubiquitous and pricey skirt steak option.
3. Location, location, location:
This is the one piece of advice that all green wedding experts agree on. The best thing that you can do to reduce the carbon footprint of your Big Day, is to select a location that is the closest to the majority of your guests. Sorry, but that means 300 guests can't fly out to your destination wedding in the Bahamas. One green expert says that if you MUST have a destination wedding, then the eco-conscious bride should elope there.
What do you think of these suggestions? Too extreme or would you consider adopting one or all of them?
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good topic! i honestly have never thought i'd want to serve chicken at a fancy occasion unless it were done well - too many memories of horrible chicken entrees at big dinners. maybe an environmentally friendly/sustainable fish, if you don't want to go the full veg?
ReplyDeletesort of related, but another thing i heard someone say recently is that they would like to get a diamond engagement ring/wedding ring that is sourced in a socially conscious way - i guess making sure it is not a "blood diamond"?
I wrote an article about ethical weddings and it dealt with this topic in depth. One of the things that I considered was socially conscious rings. I'll do a post about it. Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeletei'm with haejoon on chicken, I'd be really picky about it, but I think there's definitely better and more exciting options than skirt steak, and I think going mostly vegetarian could still be really great, food-wise. I'd be really interested in seeing a good, elegant vegetarian wedding menu.
ReplyDeletehmm, i never really thought about the chicken option being a potential problem. that's interesting. i think i'll skip beef at my wedding reception, but the bf would never agree to only veg, hopefully there's a happy, non-chicken medium?
ReplyDeletechicken can be great...i think joon and I are remembering really bland, tasteless chicken breast main dishes. chicken done well is great, though.
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