DoIt Yourself:
Green Wedding Ideas
by Tiffany Smith
• Be sure to find a good diamond
ring that is safe to handle. A good
ring will be one that was either
handed down by a family member
or one that comes from a conflict-free area.
transportation might also work.
Also, carpooling may be just as
useful.
• Be sure to think about getting
locally produced flowers handled
for your wedding. These are better to use because of the reduced
need to transport them from one
place to another.
• The wedding transportation
can involve a horse-drawn carriage. Not only is this environmentally beneficial but it can
also be a romantic and luxurious
form of transportation for the
bride and groom to enjoy. It can
easily make the wedding a little
more enjoyable.
• Try to keep paper use at a minimum. You may want to send out
invitations by email and even keep
from using some paper items like
place cards at the tables.
• Make sure that the foods that
you are using for the event are locally prepared foods that do not
have to deal with a great amount
of transportation.
• Try and hold an outdoor wedding if possible. This might help
because it will allow you to keep
from using energy to produce
light. An indoor wedding may
work too; just make sure you have
plenty of light coming through
the windows.
• Try to make sure that the event
is going to be close to where most
of your family and guests live. This
ensures that there is less travel
needed to get to the wedding
party and also less fuel consumption. An area that is close to public
T here are many great DIY ideas that you can use for
your wedding. Some of the best
ideas are ones that involve the environment in mind. Here are a few of
the best DIY ideas that can work with
your wedding and the environment
in mind.
• Avoid using any disposable
dishes or utensils for the dinner.
You probably think that you are
saving water and energy but the
truth is that disposable items
likepaper and plastic do not decompose easily in a landfill. Consider using a minimal amount of
water to clean dishes; after all,
water is naturally renewable.
