Sheila Sheffield's Blog – May 2010 Archive (4)

Best Biddy, a website that connects consumers with wedding vendors and home service professionals in Canada and the United States, recently conducted a poll where they asked, "Where are you making your eco-wedding choices?" I was very disappointed to read that only 9% of the people who responded said they were choosing green wedding favors!…

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So, you're getting married, and you've decided you want your wedding to be earth-friendly. You've read some of the green wedding tips on this blog, and you've chosen a few that will work for you and your new life partner. Congratulations - every little bit helps!

Did you know that one of the biggest contributors to a wedding's impact on the environment is travel by guests flying or driving to the wedding, and the energy used… Continue

More and more of you brides and grooms are looking for ways to lower your wedding's carbon footprint. There are lots of resources available online (including this blog!), but if you're looking for a good book on the subject, check out The Everything Green Wedding Book by Wenona Napolitano. It begins with The Top Ten Reasons to Choose a Green Wedding and provides tons of information on every aspect of planning an environmentally friendly wedding.



Some of the… Continue

If you're planning to get married this summer, and looking for ways to make your wedding environmentally friendly, be sure to read this article by Suzan St Maur.

Not only do weddings represent substantial expenditure (the average spend in the UK is around £19,000) but also they can involve huge amounts of waste that can have a crippling, rippling effect across the environment and into far-flung communities which are anything but… Continue