Fun And Inspired Ways To Make Your Wedding Green

From clothes and cars, to music and movies, trends come and go. However one trend is here to stay; going green. It’s hard to turn on the radio or the television these days and not hear about how all of us need to work together to reduce our carbon footprints and do our best to help the environment. I just started driving a hybrid car, and every day, I see more on the road. For those of us who take our environmentalism seriously, there is always more we can do, and for those of us with a wedding on the horizon, I have two words. Go green.

A Wooden Ring

Start the whole process of green with a wooden engagement or wedding ring. While they have been around since time immemorial, wooden rings are now all the rage. Not only do they create less impact on the environment, they are tactful, elegant and come in more styles than you’d imagine. Wooden rings can be elegantly inlaid with stones and gems and can be engraved as well. You can feel good about starting a family as an example that others can strive toward. If you’re interested in checking out some of what wooden rings can offer, check out either hawaiian koa wood ring or rolex watch repair los angeles and be ready to convert.

The Food

Buy sustainable organic and buy local. Because of the huge demand for healthier options free of potentially harmful pesticides, organic foods are more accessible than ever. Your guests will be impressed and you will feel better about supporting business practices that are more in line with your green sensibilities. The advantage of buying locally grown foods is that you get to deal with small businesses. While many of the larger restaurants and catering companies are accommodating and wonderful, smaller businesses often tend to go the extra mile to make sure that you are way beyond satisfied. If you are serving meats, for example, the free range beef and poultry often comes from smaller farms with more open spaces.

The Flowers

This can be surprisingly expensive unless you know how to do it right. If you live in the Los Angeles area, there is one flower option that surpasses the rest and then some. The flower district downtown offers more varieties of flowers than you could possibly imagine at a small fraction of the price you’d pay otherwise. The only catch, is that to get the best deals, you have to show up early in the morning and be willing to arrange the flowers yourself. Or have a team of friends arrange the flowers for you. If you use this method of procuring flowers for your special day, you could save hundreds, even thousands of dollars. And you’ll do this all while supporting local businesses.

There are countless ways to make your wedding environmentally friendly. All you have to do is brainstorm on each aspect, each little detail and discover if there’s a better way. The best way that we can change the world is to represent the change that we want to see. It makes no sense to hope that everyone else changes so you can stay the same.