Add Style to Your Wedding and Stay True to Your Beliefs Planning your wedding can be the best time to be eco-friendly. The wedding industry has a huge impact on the global economy and the environment, as wedding parties spend over $125 billion a year in the U.S. alone. Eco-Chic Weddings presents the quick, simple, and easy-to-follow tips you need to make your wedding socially responsible. This indispensable guide gives you the choice, comfort, and chance to share your own unique style for a truly memorable wedding. Going green doesn't mean you need to spend the green. Eco-Chic Weddings provides all the resources you need to create your environmentally friendly and fun celebration on a budget, such as: * Use in-season flowers to save on price and reduce the environmental cost of shipping in non-local flowers. * Skip the save-the-date card and save some trees-and a lot of hassle. * Don't purchase items you will only use at the wedding; instead, invest in dresses, shoes, or glassware you will alter and reuse. From the location to the dress to the menu, there are dozens of easy ways to make your wedding beautiful and still reflect your personal beliefs in sustainable living. Eco-Chic Weddings will show you how to craft your perfect day.
Emily Anderson is a true pioneer. This was the first green wedding book to show that you can go green without sacrificing style. She changed the way people think about eco-friendly weddings and I am extremely grateful to her for that. Every choice makes a difference. Go green!
Enthusiastically recommended for wedding planners as well as prospective brides and grooms.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Yoga instructor Emily Elizabeth Anderson presents Eco-Chic Weddings: Simple Tips to Plan an Environmentally Friendly, Socially Responsible, Affordable, and Stylish Celebration, a guide to saving money as well as being environmentally friendly when celebrating that special day. Tips include supporting a non-profit organization through one's choice of wedding venue, such as museums, landmark buildings, or other cultural centers; using materials that can be recycled or composted such as organic flowers that won't introduce toxic elements into the environment; avoiding the purchase of wedding-only items and instead investing in dresses, shoes, and glassware that can be altered and reused; and much more. Additional chapters are filled with advice for ecology-friendly married life, from using compact fluorescent lightbulbs to conserve energy to buying green furniture (not stuff made from pressure-treated wood) to putting air conditioning and heater on timers. Enthusiastically recommended for wedding planners as well as prospective brides and grooms.
Pulls together all the info you need
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is a great book for anyone who cares about the impact of our actions on the environment. Another way to feel good about one of the most special events of your life. The info is up-to-date and comprehensive. This is going to be a big help!
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
My fiance and I both work in a green field and try to live relatively low impact. We were very excited to see a book that addressed many of our concerns about having a wedding and a honeymoon. This book is an execellent resource and has inspired us not only to have a green wedding but to live more responsibly!
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