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Seaport Hotel In Boston is Now Offering Green Weddings

HotelChatter.com is reporting today that the Seaport Hotel in Boston is going to be offering a Green Weddings package to engaged couples now.  Some of the options available to engaged couples are:

A menu featuring local and organic ingredients
Organic wedding cakes
A menu made of edible chocolate….how awesome is that!
Decorations made from soy-based materials
Potted plants, orchids and [...]

Tables and Chairs from Recycled Materials

Girari furniture designs and concepts feature aluminum products that are 98+% recycled and hand cast. For weddings, they have a line of sustainable event furniture. They provides a high end line of furniture for rent which includes glass tables, acrylic chairs and stools, benches, bars, vases, bowls and more. This company is [...]

Vegan Wedding Cakes

If you’re looking for alternative ingredients for your wedding cake (i.e. eggless) many local grocery stores have access to the ingredients you want, you’ll probably just have to ask.  Unless you’re going to a Whole Foods or Wild Oats, you may not realize that they can make a wedding cake with your specified ingredients.  If [...]

Hotel Eco Paraíso Xixim - Eco Friendly Hotel

The Hotel Eco Paraíso Xixim on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, is one seriously eco-friendly hotel. Of the approximately 61 acres they own, only about 1.2% has actually been developed. They are committed to using as few resources as possible from filtering waste water to use in their gardens to using solar panels [...]

What to do with your wedding flowers…

As you’re planning your wedding and wondering what to do with your wedding flowers once the reception is over, Darcy Miller, author of The Bride’s Guide Blog, has a couple great suggestions:
“At the end of every wedding I go to, I’m always left wondering, “What will happen to all of these flowers?” Beautiful floral centerpieces [...]

Organic Beer - A great option for your wedding parties

New Belgium beer company based out of Colorado offers a Belgium style beer, Mothership Wit, made with all organic ingredients.  As you plan your engagement parties or gatherings of family the night before the wedding, including this beer is an easy way (assuming you can find it) to add some green without your even realizing it.  [...]

How Green is Your Wedding?

NativeEnergy and Portovert Magazine have a created a simple calculator to see how many tons of carbon waste your wedding will create.  Just enter a few details from your wedding and it will calculate about how much waste would be created if you did nothing to make your wedding more eco-friendly.
Try the green wedding calculator [...]

Eco-Friendly Champagne Flutes

This stylish champagne flute is made from 100% post-consumer recycled glass, reusing our planet’s waste. Additionally, each flute is unique; the glass is etched and painted by hand. This is a great way to be modern and eco-friendly.
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Wedding Registry from 3rLiving

If you’re looking eco friendly products to add to your wedding, try registering at 3rLiving. You can items such as table ware from recycled glass or towels made with organic cotton.
Click here to start your Green Wedding Registry.
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Share Your Inner Green

RiverWired.com is a social network for green living. Whether you’re looking for lifestyle tips or to read about how other people are living green, this is a great site to check out. It goes beyond weddings, but it’s still a great resource and they’ve got links to other green blogs and feature video [...]