Here are some ideas to help make your wedding more environmentally, ecologically and ethically friendly. You may like to consider about how and where items have been produced – fairtrade, sustainability, food miles and workers conditions. It will also give you an even greater feelgood factor to your special day and there is no need to compromise on style.
- Have your own Wedding Website There are dedicated online sites where you can easily set up your own website. You can include information about the venue, travel, gifts – anything you would like to share with your family and guests. Combine save-the-date and invitations to the website and send out by email. All this saves using paper and envelopes and postage costs. New information and details can be updated quickly.
- Email stationery Send out your invitations and information by email.
- Printed stationery When printing your stationery look at recycled, FSC, or other fibre (non wood pulp) paper options.
- Make your own Make stationery and decorations yourself from reused and scrap items.
- Favours Think of something individual and long-lasting.
- ‘Pre-loved’ and Vintage items Many items can be found from second-hand shops, car boot sales or ebay. From little details for decorating invitations or tables to the wedding dress itself.
- Hire Many items can also be hired instead of being bought. This way there is no wastage.
- Reuse Choose things, that you would like to buy, that can be reused or passed on to others.
- Gold There is a new certificate of Fairtrade and Fairmined gold to ensure gold is mined responsibly. Check for this when you buy your rings.
- Organic, Seasonal, Local Think about where your food and flowers are sourced from.
- Flowers Get double the enjoyment of your flower arrangements by moving them from the wedding ceremony to the reception.
- Travel Look at organising shared transport for guests coming from the same area or to travel between venues – a double-decker bus? There are many beautiful places to honeymoon in the UK as opposed to ‘long haul’.
- Numbers Think carefully on how many guests you invite. Obviously the more you have the larger the impact – financially and environmentally. Fewer people can be more intimate, just as much fun and you can get a chance to enjoy everyone’s company.
- Gift list If you are lucky enough to already possess sufficient household items, think about a charity you would like your guests to support instead of buying you a superfluous gift. Alternatively, you can ask for ‘Promises’ of gifts in kind such as to help create a new garden for your home.
REMEMBER TO –
BE CREATIVE • BE INDIVIDUAL • BE ROMANTIC
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