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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Eco-friendly weddings
I was intrigued by a PP awhile back about a wedding someone attended that was green-themed. Weddings seem like a giant expenditure of resources for such a brief moment in time that I'm sure there are some cool alternatives out there. (Just out of pure interest, not because I'm getting married!) On The Knot, there's no easy way to search this, and I didn't find much.
Has anyone else been to, been in, or helped plan an environmentally-friendly wedding? I'm Googling it as we speak, but wanted your comments!
TIA!
Re: Eco-friendly weddings
There were aspects of our wedding that were green, but it was in Greece, so everyone flew (most people from within Europe) there for a week, so it can't be called an"eco-friendly wedding" even if it probably worked out to be more eco-friendly than the average wedding.
As green as I am now, I wouldn't do very many things differently. As DH & I are from different countries, any wedding would require loads of flying for most guests. We had only 18 guests and decided to make it much more of an experience than an event, so that it could also double as a needed holiday for our friends and family. Everyone was invited to the island a week before the wedding. Single people shared hotel rooms if they wanted to (most did, as it was more fun). We ate delicious local food and wine the whole week. We used very little transport and walked or carpooled to each of our excursions. We were married outdoors without lighting, microphones, etc.. and used local wildflowers for the decorations. I only had a maid of honor and she was allowed to wear whatever she likes, so she didn't buy a one time bridesmaid dress. DH rented his suit.
What I'd do differently: find antique wedding rings we like (mining is about as un-eco-friendly as it comes), offset the CO2 from friends flights to our wedding.
For us we decided what was most important to us in terms of place, length and style. We decided which traditions were meaningful for us and which was just commercial. From there you can work out how to make your wedding as eco-friendly as you can.
We're having a "green" wedding in a few weeks. We've both been very conscious about everything that has gone into the day. Some of the things we've done: