“Sustainability is being spoken about more now than ever. Luckily, if this is something you want to take into account on your wedding day, you can.” [77 Diamonds]
There is more and more advice on how to put together a ‘green wedding’ – including this Zero Waste Weddings guide from the Wedding Reception Styling people in Cornwall and Devon.
The VGS has been contacted by the people behind this guide, with the suggestion that we too re-publish this Full Guide to a Sustainable Wedding. Here’s the opening to that – and click on the links for the full piece, which is as inspiring as it is informative:
A wedding should be one of the happiest days of a couple’s lives. The event brings friends and family together in a celebration of love. Drinks flow, food is devoured and, hopefully, everyone goes home having had a great time.
In all the excitement, it’s easy to overlook the impact a wedding might have on the environment. Sustainability is being spoken about more now than ever. Luckily, if this is something you want to take into account on your wedding day, you can.
Let’s find out how, as we explore the perfect way to host a sustainable, zero-waste, ethical wedding. We’ll break down the damage a regular wedding has, before introducing alternatives for you to try…
With one nice example out of many reposted here:
Grow your own
A tried and tested method, there’s no harm in cutting out the middleman and growing your own. Even if the finished product isn’t as polished as what you might get from a professional florist, there’s a certain charm to self-grown decorations at a wedding.
