8 - Wedding Showcase 2010
Something Old, Something New,
Something Borrowed, Something ...
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f you have a hybrid car parked in your Going green for your wedding day doesn’t who has relocated to the West coast, but
garage, recycle rain water to irrigate mean you have to compromise on the has all of their family still in the east, may
backyard plants and have replaced elements that will make the day special.
want to hold their wedding in the east. It is
just about every bulb in your home with It just means you can take a look at the
less expensive and more environmentally
compact fluorescents, there’s a good chance details and the bigger picture and develop
friendly for the couple to simply fly to the
that you’re environmentally conscious. But
strategies that will minimize the impact on
wedding, rather than having hundreds of
what if you’ve just gotten engaged and
the planet.
guests drive or fly west.
want to impart some of these green ways of
thinking to the wedding? What can you do • Go local: From food to flowers, choose
• Be mindful of wardrobe choices: Choose
to be earth-friendly when tying the knot? vendors that use locally grown and raised
items that really can be worn again. Skip
products. This reduces the amount of
the rented tuxes and ask groomsmen to
Wedding industry insiders say that the
smog generated and fuel consumed to
wear a similar styled suit that they can
trend of going green with weddings is
bring items in for your wedding. Many
add to their work wardrobe. Bridesmaids
growing exponentially. David Cooperrider,
caterers are now collaborating with local
a business professor at Case Western
can wear a simple black cocktail dress so
farms and other vendors to offer organic,
Reserve University in Cleveland, says that
that they’re not left with a taffeta creation
locally grown menu items. It pays to ask
going green is one of the great business
that will only hang in the closet afterward.
about availability.
opportunities of the 21st century, and there
If you decide to go more traditional
is much potential for the wedding industry.
• Go to your guests: Figure out where the
with wardrobe, find out if gowns can be
He offers that wedding vendors that are
greatest number of your guests reside
recycled or donated so that they can be
not going green will be at a competitive
and then hold the wedding nearby. For
reused in another way.
disadvantage to those who do.
example, a couple from the Northeast
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