Weddings Gone Green

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A Green Wedding is Trendy and Healthy for the Earth

Join the hottest revolution, and plan a green wedding! Here are some tips, ideas, and links to resources on how to plan a green wedding.

Creating a green wedding is easy, and fun to do.
Impress your guests with your green know-how, and keep your wedding hip, and healthy at the same time. And to have an eco-chic wedding by choosing an environmentally friendly, green wedding dress.

It's Nice Being Green 

Have a green environmentally friendly wedding

Kermit the Frog

Kermit was right! It is nice being green, and it is good for the earth. You don't have to be a frog anymore to be green. Kermit was just leading the way.

Today is a Nice Day for a Green Wedding 

Green weddings that don't cost the earth


Green Weddings That Don't Cost the Earth


Today is a Nice Day for a ... Green Wedding isn't it? And if you look hard you will find all kinds of great resources to help.

When I was married (a long time ago) we didn't have all of the great choices to help the environment that we do now. But with a little bit of research, today you can make your wedding environmentally friendly all of the way around. From the biodegradeable plastic plates and utensils, to the fabric that makes up your wedding dress, you can help the earth in a big way. And you can plan Green Weddings That Don't Cost the Earth. What better way to start off your new life!


Green Wedding:
Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration


Green is the new white for today's brides--metaphorically speaking. Environmentally conscious couples are often appalled by the carbon footprint of traditional weddings and are seeking ways to express their earth-friendly values as they express their love. As Green Wedding shows, there are alternatives--products and services that can reduce environmental harm while ensuring a joyous and stylish celebration. Featuring stories of couples who have "gone green" on their wedding day, this authoritative guide by New York Times Style correspondent Mireya Navarro explains how couples can green their dream wedding, and why this is important. The book presents ideas for maximizing the sustainability of every aspect of your ceremony and reception--from choosing (and reusing) wedding attire, to offsetting the global-warming impact of your guests' travel, to designing a menu (including cake and Champagne) that's seasonal, local, and organic. And because environmental responsibility isn't just a one-day affair, the book includes chapters on ecotourism honeymoons and on living sustainably throughout your married life.

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Green Wedding Resources 

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Great Green Wedding
Oodles of ideas and content to help you plan a green wedding or buy green wedding gifts.
Recycled Ideas
Recycleable Stationary and other items.
Green Weddings
Green Event Planner
Green Resource for Weddings
Great place to start to look for green wedding resources.
The Knot
A wedding resource with some leads to green weddings
Green Weddings
Plan and Celebrate in Harmony with the Environment
Real Green Weddings
A blog on actual green weddings.
Green Weddings--Giant Love, Tiny Footprint
Another great blog on green weddings and how-to
Soul Mating
A blog on other wedding blogs including green ones.
Bridal Fantasy Blog
A great blog about weddings and green weddings. Good resource.
Living Green on a Budget
Includes information on Green Weddings
Green Your Wedding
This is an introductory article on how to Green your Wedding.
Our Greenhouse
This is a great site for organic and eco-friendly gifts.

Plan Your Green Wedding Online 

Don't Stress the Details

The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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This practical companion to The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World acts as a stand-alone guide to the nuts and bolts of planning a wedding. The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner is where the bride and groom can record wedding ideas, create budget guidelines, check items off their to-do list, generate the guest list, store contact information for their wedding vendors, and get tips and advice on the best way to plan their big day.

Chapter by chapter, the planner walks the bridal couple through each major step: for example, choosing the reception site, picking a photographer, and deciding on a menu. Author Carley Roney and the editors of The Knot Web site have talked with both wedding professionals and hundreds of thousands of brides and grooms, and have a good idea of the necessary ingredients for a successful wedding. Most helpful and thorough are each chapter's "Questions to Ask" checklists and the "Knot Knowledge" tips, which include money-saving ideas. The book also contains a gift log, a budget tracker, and a wedding-day phone contacts sheet.

Roney offers loads of helpful advice, such as recommending that the bride and groom declare "wedding free zones" where the couple makes time for activities together that have nothing to do with planning the wedding. Each chapter also includes her down-to-earth answers to commonly asked questions, such as whether it's appropriate for a relative to host a shower or if the wedding couple should pay for guests' travel expenses. With all of its tips, advice, and organizers, The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner may just be, next to a wedding coordinator, the best way for modern couples to ensure their wedding is a smoothly run, stress-free affair. --Kris Law

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The Trendiest Weddings are Green

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Green Indoor Plants for Your Wedding and Home Decor 

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Organic Weddings: Balancing Ecology, Style and Tradition 

Alternatives to the excessive and synthetic wedding industry machine


Organic Weddings:
Balancing Ecology, Style and Tradition


Every year in the United States, over 2.4 million people get married, fueling a wedding industry estimated at -seventy billion dollars per year. Until now, there had been no readily available help for those wanting their wedding celebrations to reflect their environmental and social awareness by balancing ecology, style and tradition.

Organic Weddings fills this gap by providing alternatives to the excessive and synthetic wedding industry machine while still enabling couples to incorporate time-honored traditions, as well as meaningful details, that celebrate the bride and groom's own style and values. The book presents new ideas and product information, interviews with eco-leaders, real wedding stories, and tips from eco-brides that can be readily shared with relatives and other wedding decision-makers. Topics covered include:

planning and budgeting
wedding attire from natural fibers
holistic beauty and natural products
tree-free invitations and stationery
earth-friendly locations and decor
ceremonies and vows
organic food and beverages
favors, flowers, and eco-gifts
honeymoons, green hotels, and eco-travel
newlyweds, sustainable living, values investing, and natural homes.

Packed with beautiful black-and-white and color photographs, this refreshing book will inspire those planning all varieties of wedding, from backyard to black tie. It will especially appeal to those wanting their valuable wedding purchases to reflect environmentally and socially responsible choices, while also showcasing the fun and style of conscientious celebrations.

Michelle Kozin is founder and president of Organic Weddings, Inc., the only comprehensive online wedding resource for couples living healthy, natural lifestyles with regard for the environment. An MBA, with experience as a change management consultant, event planner, and designer.

Everything Green Weddings and More 

Balancing ecology, style, and tradition

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How to Get Married in Green 

To Help You Plan Your Green Wedding


How to Get Married in Green


As the whole green subject becomes more and more complex - combining environmental, ethical and organic issues, some of which can be conflicting - it's getting progressively harder to work out how to make your wedding eco-friendly without ending up with a glorified mudbath. Yet, quite rightly, many couples now want their weddings designed to help keep our planet, environment, agriculture and employment ethics as healthy as possible ...without compromising on style, glamour, quality and, of course, fun. A tall order? Not now, with How to Get Married in Green. In this book, Suzan St Maur (also author of Wedding Speeches For Women and The A to Z of Wedding Worries and how to put them right neatly unravels the increasingly tangled web of green issues relating to weddings; so that you can: choose from a range of options depending on how far you want to pursue your green approach; see how these options work across all key areas of your wedding; get some clever, effective ideas on transport, decorations, clothes, catering, entertainment and more; learn how to make those ideas work for you with style and panache; understand just what an appreciable difference these measures will make to our planet and wellbeing; and, enjoy your wedding (and its planning) even more, because you know you're making a difference.

The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits Your Budget and Style

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The Perfect Wedding Details: More Than 100 Ideas for Personalizing Your Wedding

Release Date: 12/23/2003

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Colin Cowie's Extraordinary Weddings: From a Glimmer of an Idea to a Legendary Event

Release Date: 02/20/2007

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Eco-Chic Weddings: Simple Tips to Plan an Earth-Friendly, Socially Responsible, Affordable Green Wedding

Release Date: 01/02/2007

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Other Wedding Planning Ideas 

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Eco-friendly Flowering Potted Plant Centerpiece

 

Green Weddings are Not Just a Trend--It's Good For the World! 

Green Living is Here to Stay

Be Part of the Solution with Gaiam



The Gaiam Green Living Section is a resource for ingenious products to help you reduce your impact on the environment, save money and increase efficiency indoors and out.

"Keeping it Green" is not just an expression any more. We can save the earth one action at a time and weddings are a great place to start. Listed on this lens are loads of resources to do just that and as I discover more, I will include them. So keep tuned and pass on the info to anyone you know that is getting married.

General Green Resources 

To Help You Become More Earth Friendly

Green Wedding

Easy Recycling Handbook: What to Recycle & How to Buy Recycled... Without All the Garbage

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Always A Bridesmaid: 89 Ways to Recycle That Bridesmaid Dress

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Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life

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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time

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Recycled Products to Buy and Recycling Products That You Can Use for Your Green Wedding 

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Wedding Music Ideas 

Check out my favorite songs! I've handpicked these MP3s from Amazon. Take a listen. If you like, you can click to buy them on Amazon.

Wedding Music List 

Wedding Cd's

Wedding Music

A Day to Remember - Instrumental Music for Your Wedding Day

Release Date: 04/25/2002

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25 Wedding Favorites

Release Date: 09/05/2000

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Classical Wedding

Release Date: 04/30/1996

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A Day to Remember: Music for Your Beach Wedding

Release Date: 12/01/2005

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Heart Beats: Now & Forever - Timeless Wedding Songs

Release Date: 01/19/1999

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#1 on the Top Ten Eco-friendly Wedding Presents under $100.00 by GreatGreenGoods.com 

Custom Engraved Wedding Bottle

Custom Engraved Wedding Bottle



This is my absolute favorite wedding gift. It is green, and so very cool. This is a recycled flattened champagne bottle custom engraved with the actual wedding invitation on it. These are made by my friend Deby Cowdin, who is a glass artist. She gets the bottles from bars and restaurants in Cleveland, Ohio, and recycles them into food functional cheese trays, dishes, and bowls. This comes in several colors, and is also available as a destination wedding bottle.

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Custom Engraved Wedding Bottles

AeroGrow AeroGarden Pro 100 with Gourmet Herb Seed Kit 

This is a great gift for a couple that likes to get their hands dirty.

AeroGrow AeroGarden Pro 100 with Gourmet Herb Seed Kit

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Release Date: 05/29/2007

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Xantrex Technologies 852-2071 Xpower AC/DC Powerpack Solar With 400 Watt Inverter, Two AC Outlets, USB Port, And Digital Display 

Help save energy with this powerful gift. A wonderful gift for any green lover.

Xantrex Technologies 852-2071 Xpower AC/DC Powerpack Solar With 400 Watt Inverter, Two AC Outlets, USB Port, And Digital Display

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Release Date: 12/31/1969

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Yukiko Sato - K2L&D2 HANABI Leaf of Katty TESAGE tote bags, with Purse Insert (Drawstirng Organizer), Light weight Cotton Canvas 

This is the perfect gift for shoppers to keep their use of paper and plastic bags down.

Yukiko Sato - K2L&D2 HANABI Leaf of Katty TESAGE tote bags, with Purse Insert (Drawstirng Organizer), Light weight Cotton Canvas, Hobo Style

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Thats Amore! Romantic Dinner For Two - Italian Gourmet Food Gift Basket 

Thats Amore! Romantic Dinner For Two - Italian Gourmet Food Gift Basket

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Step On Recycling Bins by Organize It All 

For the new home or apartment. Make it easy to recycle.

RECYCLE BIN TRIPLE

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Jeremiah's Pick Coffee 100% Arabica Whole Bean, 5-Pound Bag 

This gift is for serious coffee lovers.

Jeremiah's Pick Coffee Organic Ethopia 100% Arabica, Whole Bean, 5-Pound Bag

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Release Date: 05/03/2006

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Achla Model RB-01 Rain Catcher Water Barrel with 54 Gallon Capacity 

Use recycled water that you collect yourself.

Achla Model RB-01 Rain Catcher Water Barrel with 54 Gallon Capacity

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Eco-friendly Gifts 

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Recycle A Rubber Hose Into A Cheap, Comfy Chair
A few pieces of plywood, threaded metal rods, washers and bolts are all that is needed to construct the supporting elements on the sides of the seat. The standard-sized rubber hose is then woven between holes punched in the ply.
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What Green Wedding Ideas Do You Have to Add? 

GeothermalVids wrote...

Very cool lens. Thanks for sharing!s

ReplyPosted September 16, 2009

Janusz wrote...

Wonderful Lens! - Blessed by your feathered friend :)

ReplyPosted May 10, 2009

TopStyleTravel wrote...

Wonderful lens, 5 stars! Love the pictures of fruit and flowers. Great tips for wedding planning and info on reducing our carbon footprint on the earth. My idea is for the couple to choose an eco-friendly honeymoon destination such as Hawaii, Costa Rica, New Zealand, or a National Park. Choose Hotels that have the Energy Star ratings. Also rent a hybrid vehicle or ride a horse or bicycle. And make sure to recycle.

ReplyPosted February 18, 2009

greengecko wrote...

That's a great lens! love the pics and congratulations on winning the best green lens. Thanks for joining my group - Green Things to Covet.
My best green tips are on my website - which is a collection of green living ideas. Anyone who would like to contribute green tips is welcome!

ReplyPosted January 07, 2009

WebSpinstress wrote...

Beautiful lens. Great ideas for green weddings. :-)

ReplyPosted January 04, 2009

Mayflowerblood wrote...

congrats! =] very pleasing to the eye lens

ReplyPosted January 03, 2009

sarahkip wrote...

congrats !! good work

ReplyPosted January 03, 2009

JustBon-Crochet-Designs wrote...

Congrats on your win :) Some great, green info here!

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

HomeTowne_Market wrote...

Congrats on your win. This is a wonderful lens and very deserving. Great job!

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

nightbear wrote...

Great lens, can certainly see why you did so well with it. Great ideas.

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

WG-Tiaras wrote...

Thanks for submitting your lens in to the Wedding Planning Group, we only accept wedding related lenses of a high standard into the group, so we wanted to say congratulations and welcome. Feel free to submit any other wedding related lens you may own. The Wedding Planning Group is sponsered by Wedding And Gems Tiaras and Jewellery.

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

WG-Tiaras wrote...

Great lens, I've rated it highly. If you haven't done already feel free to add it to the wedding planning group. Also feel free to check out my wedding related lenses by visiting my profile page.

ReplyPosted January 02, 2009

TheGreenerMe wrote...

Congratulations on your Giant Squid Award, nicely done!

ReplyPosted December 30, 2008

ThomasC wrote...

Congratulations on your Giant Squid 2008 Award! Very well done!
ThomasC

ReplyPosted December 30, 2008

JaguarJulie wrote...

Congratulations Paula for winning the Best Green Lens in the 2008 Giant Squid Awards. Well deserved and particularly delightful lens! Best to you in the new year.

ReplyPosted December 30, 2008

rms wrote...

Congratulations for the 2008 Best Green Award!

ReplyPosted December 30, 2008

Joan4 wrote...

Beautiful lens - and great information! Congratulations on your 2008 Giant Squid Award - Best "Green" Lens! Lensrolling to Wedding Ideas.

ReplyPosted December 29, 2008

KimGiancaterino wrote...

Beautifully done! Congratulations on your Giant Squid Awards nomination!

ReplyPosted December 12, 2008

lisadh wrote...

Congrats on your Giant Squid Award nomination!

ReplyPosted December 11, 2008

Frankster wrote...

Excellent lens. Congrats on the 2008 Giant Squid Awards nomination. 5 stars and lensrolled to /www.squidoo.com/plastic-bag-alternatives">Plastic Bag Alternatives. Bear hugs, Frankster aka Bearmeister

ReplyPosted November 27, 2008

dustytoes wrote...

You include many excellent resources and gifts. I'd love to attend a green wedding!

ReplyPosted November 25, 2008

CherylK wrote...

Excellent lens. A friend told me about a green wedding she attended...the couple did not register for gifts...they requested handmade items or repurposed gifts. Now THAT'S green! And very cool, I think. Also, congrats on your nomination for the Giant Squid awards!

ReplyPosted November 22, 2008

lakeerieartists wrote...

Thanks, I am so thrilled.[in reply to clouda9]

ReplyPosted November 22, 2008

clouda9 wrote...

Way cool! Congrats on 2008 Giant Squid Awards nomination...woot! (http://www.squidoo.com/2008-giant-squid-awards)

ReplyPosted November 22, 2008

awelldressedbullet wrote...

Congratulations on your 2008 Giant Squid Awards nomination and good luck! - Kathy aka "Pretty Bullet"

ReplyPosted November 21, 2008

Ashly_Rain wrote...

Terrific lens and beautifully done.

Check out my lens on how to plan a wedding in Massachusetts:
http://www.squidoo.com/planning-a-wedding-in-massachusetts

ReplyPosted November 12, 2008

aj2008 wrote...

Great lens - lensrolled to my "green" lenses and will certainly bear this in mind for the future.......

ReplyPosted November 09, 2008

WendyKrick wrote...

This is a wonderful lens. 5 stars.

ReplyPosted November 02, 2008

Lisa_Jo wrote...

How unique! What a great idea. You have presented it beautifully. I love it.

ReplyPosted October 22, 2008

wrote...

that's a very nice idea and souvenirs! I just love the decorations.

ReplyPosted October 22, 2008

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