Bright Green: Purchase invitations, save-the date cards, programs, and place cards made from recycled paper.

Bold Green: In addition to recycled materials, use a reply postcard, thereby avoiding the need for an envelope.

Vivid Green: Instead of printing directions, maps, and accommodation information, create a wedding or event
website where you can communicate vital information with the majority of your guests. Reveal your web
address on the save-the-date cards.

Bright Green: After the wedding, donate your gown to charity (www.idofoundation.org)

Bold Green: Choose a gown that’s made of organic fibers, or select an outfit that can be worn again.

Vivid Green: Locate a vintage gown or update one that’s been worn by a family member.

Bright Green: Host a plated dinner rather than a buffet, so less food is prepared and wasted. Serve the food
using real china and flatware to avoid disposables.

Bold Green: Select a caterer that utilizes locally and organically grown foods, an approach that minimizes fuel
use and harmful chemicals.

Vivid Green: Offer tasty low-meat or vegetarian options, and serve organic wines and eco-friendly cocktails
at the bar.

Bright Green: Delight guests with regionally-made Seattle favorites like coffee, chocolate, Chukar Cherries,
or Glassy Babies (www.chukar.com, www.glassybaby.com)

Bold Green: Present your favors in bags or boxes made of recycled materials, or select re-usable containers
your guests will want to take home. Better yet, give tulip bulbs or personalized flower seed packets that inspire
guests to enrich the environment (www.tulips.com, www.clyderobin.com).

Vivid Green: Create favors that double as table decorations. Cluster small seedlings, herbs, or blooming plants
that guests are invited to take, sparing the landfills of dozens of centerpieces.

 

• - Select a venue close to the majority of your guests to reduce the overall amount of
     travel and air pollution.
• - Opt for a smaller, more intimate guest list.
• - Have the ceremony and reception in one location.
• - Choose an outdoor venue like a garden, a barn, or a beach, rather than an energy-gulping
     reception hall.
• - Help guests arrange to carpool.
• - Decorate with farmers’ market flowers and fruits.
• - If you must use disposables, opt for plates, cups, and cutlery made from recycled materials,
     there’s even biodegradable dinnerware that can be composted with food scraps when
     dinner is done.
• - Choose a photographer that uses digital technology.
• - Select live, acoustic music or entertainment.
• - Depart in a hybrid limousine, horse and carriage, or bicycle built for two.
• - And so on...

What shade of green suits you?

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