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f you’re after a dress which has been custom made for you personally, try an ethical wedding gown designer such as Wholly Jo. Based in Uxbridge, Wholly Jo makes all dresses using organic, Fairtrade and cruelty free products and only uses fabrics made in the UK to avoid clocking up flying
miles sending materials from all over the globe. Julie Dutton is a bridal dress maker who created a whole collection of bridal gowns made from sustainable bamboo. Julie makes individual dresses on request of the bride and shows her support of ethical living through her designs. Other options include recycling an old wedding dress, maybe your mothers, or buying a second hand dress. Re-working an old dress by doing a bit of sewing could transform an old gown into vintage chic. This way you can be certain nobody will have the same dress as you. Selected Oxfam or Barnardo’s stores have second hand bridal sections or try
a site such as Sell My Wedding Dress (
www.sellmyweddingdress.co.uk) which encourages brides to swap and sell their dresses. If you’re not precious about keeping your gown and are trying to stick to a
budget, you might consider renting a dress. With so many things to do and buy, it might be a challenge spreading your budget across everything so splurge your money on something else.
When picking a destination it’s good to choose a place which you love but isn’t too far for the majority of your party to reach. A good tip is to also make sure that your wedding and reception venues aren’t a huge distance apart. Instead of letting guests make their own way there, put on mini-buses as transport so everybody isn’t travelling in separate cars and causing unnecessary carbon. If you log onto Climate Care you can type in a destination and the carbon calculator will work out how many tonnes of carbon dioxide you’ll be emitting through your journey. Despite the weather being unpredictable, when there’s a bit of sunshine there’s
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no place nicer to be than in the UK on a beautiful Cornwall beach or in a relaxing cottage in The Lakes. However if you want to go further afield to celebrate your honeymoon check out out travel feature on page 32.
May 2012 Organic Life >>> 15 Travel
ccording to the Climate Care website, the average wedding produces 14.5 tons of harmful carbon dioxide emissions. Even a small wedding with 50 guests only travelling 50 miles to celebrate your day generates 1.1 tons of carbon emissions.
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