As I wrap up this series on greening your wedding plans I find myself with a couple final suggestions that could make a significant contribution to your efforts to use less resources while maintaining a beautifully memorable wedding celebration.
- Something Borrowed, Something Blue…: Well something borrowed anyway… Borrowing Grandma’s, Mom’s, or big Sis’ wedding dress makes a lot of sense, both for your budget and world wide resources – especially since you only wear the dress one time.
- Hire a string quartet or singer and accompanist to provide music: Yes, I have touched on this one before, but I believe this bears consideration. After all, little will do more to add a touch of class and elegance to a wedding reception than a live sting quartet or swing band (acoustic) besides, a disc jockey and all his equipment uses a lot of electricity. A string quartet or a singer with a piano player (acoustic) requires no more electricity than enough light to allow them to see their music – if they even need sheet music.
- Go paperless: Create a wedding website and use electronic invitations. This can save you money as well as limiting the natural resources you use - both on the invitations and on the postage! Besides, it is a great way to get your groom-to-be to take over significant parts of your wedding preparations!
Really, just like every other part of wedding planning, the act of planning a green wedding can be beneficial - and not only because it will respect the world's resources more, but because it forces each bride to reconsider each element of the wedding day and decide what is most important to her. That is what will make a memorable day.
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