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Carbon Offsetting and Alternatives

Carbon offsetting is a thriving green enterprise.

Green Weddings is currently exploring to find the second best carbon offsetters.

Transportation & Lodging Overview

Transportation

Your choice of a wedding location is a first key to being green. Plan your wedding as close to as many guests as possible. Cutting travel miles may be the single most important thing you can do to green your wedding.

Wedding Invitations

Wedding Invitations are not the largest environmental impact, but there are many ways to make them both more exciting, and a way to introduce your guests to the greening efforts at your wedding.

Basic Guide for Hotels Hosting Weddings

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.

Green Huppahs (canopies for Jewish weddings)

If you're planning a Jewish wedding and need to by a new Huppah, look for organic cotton huppas at Huppas.com.

Vibrant Events in San Francisco

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.

Green Weddings, UK Wedding Consultant/Planner

We'd love some comments by newlyweds in the UK about Ruth Culver's green wedding consultation and planning service. She offers a good range of help, from just a one-time consultation to more thorough planning.

World Wildlife Fund

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Donations to the World Wildlife Fund, and educational materials about both their organization and about planning a greener wedding.

Reverse Gift Registries

You might really covet a new set of cookware among the gifts, but especially for folks who've each had their own households for years before getting married, getting rid of stuff might be as useful as the gift registry.

How Green Was My Wedding

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