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Green Wedding Trends

230 mpg in a Jetsons Car

March 4, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

How would you like your wedding party to pull up in a fleet of these? I want one, badly! The Aptera is slated for production sometime this year. It’s been in development for 5 years: 

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Eco Spa Day for your Bridesmaids

March 3, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

Need a delicious way to thank your bridesmaids for their unselfish dedication to your Big Green Wedding?  How about a luscious, organic Spa Day at your place.  If you have a friend with a poolside cabaña, all the better.You can hire a masseuse and organic caterer at the high end, or keep it as simple as a group pedicure, [...]

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More Lush

February 22, 2008 Green Wedding Invitations

Okay, back to the lush life – these are some of our garden eco wedding invitations From a recent bridal show — our first after being in business in for 13 years!

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Lush Green Weddings

February 18, 2008 Green Wedding Business

For SoCal green weddings, consider Angelique Weddings, a local green weddings expert. Lush lush lush. This is what Green Weddings can look like:  

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Sugarveil — Amazing DIY icing.

February 14, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

Wow. An amazing DIY project that is pure sweetness and light. Kosher too. I went to a big craft convention this week and came upon Michelle Hester, showing her astonishing confections. You can even make bows with this stuff! If you want to order Sugarveil, you can get it from their website, or at Whole Foods. [...]

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Greening Your Vendors

February 5, 2008 Green Wedding Business

This may not come as a surprise, but ALL green weddings don’t take place in San Francisco or Portland. (Both cities have a sizable choice of eco event businesses.) For many areas of the country, the local green vendor options are slim, at best. Many components of a wedding must be created locally. What do [...]

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Fancy Hybrid + Alternative Fuel Rides

January 25, 2008 Green Wedding Business

Today’s Daily Candy LA features a new Taxi Service starting up. Airport service — and other scheduled transport. Maybe smooth low carbon rides for Weddings too? The company is a new launch: Econation.com Hopefully, they will offer some bio diesel converted limos in the near future.

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Bamboo fabric – how eco.. .??

January 16, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

I’ve talked to a number of vendors and textile designers about bamboo fabric. All of the textile designers have raised concerns over the types of chemicals needed to process the tough bamboo wood into a soft fiber. The process may be similar to rayon processing (rayon is made from wood cellulouse); a caustic and chemical [...]

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Compostable Plastics

January 11, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

Current obsession: compostable and biodegradable plastics for disposable foodware. SO EXCITING. I’ve seen some of the starch based plastics at various trade shows, but those were disappointing compared to petro-plastics. Finally, the resin plastics are ready for primetime in terms of function and price. The petro plastics take 500 years or more to break down [...]

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Green Business Conference

November 19, 2007 Green Wedding Business

Last week, I attended the Green Business Conference in San Francisco, run by Co-op America. http://www.coopamerica.org/greenbusiness/ It was fabulous and a completely carbon nuetral. Biodiesel Bus Transportation was provided by http://www.teacherwiththebus.com/ Highly recommend this company for weddings in the Bay area! Really fun. I am going to add Jens-Peter (the owner) to our resources list [...]

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