The idea of green weddings is very hot today. As a matter of fact, brides and grooms may want to may sure that their events will be environmental friendly. To this end, you will also want to make sure that you will be planning a wedding which is really eco friendly. You will help to save our earth to this end.
There are a few ides you can consider when you are planning for a green wedding. One of the ideas if to help to save fuel. Taking your wedding ceremony and reception as an example, you may need to arrange some kind of transportation if they are in different locations. To this end, some fuel will certainly need to used. To this end, you may want to make the two locations to be within a walking distance. Your guests do not need to take a vehicle and this will help to save fuel.
The idea of embodied energy is always considered when it comes to an environmental event. In order to build a sustainable building, architects will try to make sure that the materials used to build the building will be local materials so that there will be less embodied energy. This idea can also be applied to your wedding. You can serve foods which can be found in the region of the venue. This means that there will be less embodied energy and you can help to save the earth.
Besides the embodied energy, you will need to make sure that you will not be preparing too much food. There can be a lot of wastes after a wedding reception. This is because the brides and grooms prepare too much food. To this end, you may want to make sure that you will prepare the right amount of foods. If there are any leftover after your reception, you should try to donate the foods.
If you are going to have a Chinese wedding, be sure that you will not have shark fins in your menu. The point here is that it is very common for couples to have shark fins in a Chinese reception. Yet, we should try to protect the sharks, as well as our earth. There is no point to serve shark fins in the reception.
You should also avoid unnecessary packages. There can be a beautiful packaging for your wedding favors. However, this boxes can be something unnecessary. You should try to avoid using these packaging boxes. You will create less waste to this end.
You should go for the idea of renting if you can do so. For example, you may want to get some pillars for your wedding cake. However, you should not try to buy them. They will be something useless to you after your reception. As a result, it will be a better idea for you to rent them. This is also true for the flowers. It can be a good idea to use silk flowers since they can be reused.
Remember the above points will make sure that you will be able to plan a green wedding!
Author Resource:
TM Lung is a wedding invitation designer. His works can be found from http://www.983wedding.com and he runs a blog http://www.weddingabc.net on weddings. You can find some other wedding tips from http://www.imarry.org
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