There are no stopping Eco-friendly people from doing their best effort in creating the environment-friendly affairs. This just goes to show that more and more people are truly caring about the world we are living in. This effort doesn’t stop in just normal gatherings, but even weddings are also known to be included when it comes to saving the environment.
For Eco-conscious couples, their effort is to how they can effectively execute a great wedding without wasting too much. There are different ways to achieve this, they will just need to plan diligently to achieve their goals.
Here are just some ways to go green especially if you are going to have a beach wedding:
Start with the wedding invitations and any use of paper with the wedding. One main agenda of environmental groups is the use of paper. They want to minimize the use of it since deforestation is high on the agenda. Using recycled papers for the save-the-date cards and the invitation itself, menus, cutting down the use of paper at the reception and the like. Some couples even opt to just send e-cards than the usual wedding invitation while others use shells with painted on names as placeholders for their dinner guests instead of paper place names.
Consider the flowers. When it comes to the use of flowers, this may be a bit tricky since a lot of people would choose natural over plastic. However, you can support local resources by purchasing your flowers at the location of your wedding. It would also be advantageous to use flower pots at the reception than individual flower centerpieces. These flower pots can also be given away and could be part of your wedding favors to guests who are interested in flowers or planting. And for your bridesmaids, you can consider letting them use sequined clutch bays than the use of traditional wedding bouquets.
For your bridal jewelry, there are dozens of designs dedicated to beach wedding themes which you could easily find and choose from. You can also use vintage bridal jewelry that was used by previous family members that you can showcase at the wedding. And if you are really up to it, choose recycled gold and vintage wedding bands that you would also for sure enjoy in wearing.
Don’t forget your wedding favors. You can use Eco-friendly edibles instead of using the normal wedding favors. You can ask your mom to bake some cookies or chocolate brownies. Or you can choose organically grown veggies that can be placed in bottles for design.
