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Dianna Dixon gives a broad overview fo the steps a hotel should take to host green weddings: tips on organic and local food & wine, on linens and decorations, and so on.

When high-school sweethearts Alicia Gomer and Mark Wittink got engaged in December 2001, they pledged that their wedding would reflect their commitment to ecological issues. Gomer, who is working on an M.S.

Corina Beczner's is a strong advocate for greening, with a wide range of ways she can help: her wedding planning services combine greening and social responsibility, basic planning, and a respect for depth and ritual, and range from start-to-finish planning or a few hours consultation.

Coop America has a few general recommendations about green weddings, but it's a just a short and simply researched article.

Backyard Nature has a nice little introduction to green weddings, especially informal (backyard) or Southern California.

The have a good list of crafts gifts and general ideas for a low-key, "grounded" wedding.

The New York Times helped make environmentally friendly weddings famous with their article How Green Was My Wedding

Ideal Bite is a great source for light-green, easy to swallow green advice, with a nice series of articles and chat introducing you to green weddings.

A vegetarian friend had Indian food catering at his wedding, and it was a great success: meat eaters felt like they were eating a great exotic feast, rather than feel that something was missing. It also seems to be an affordable option, and good for large crowds. A local restaurant catered.

Even though efforts have been made to keep "blood diamonds" that fuel wars off the market, diamond-mining is still a nasty business, according to this New York Times article...

“Diamonds, from the very beginning, corrupted Sierra Leone’s most basic sense of governance,” said Mr. Kanu, the diamond policy adviser.

Recycled gold and other eco jewlery.