Favorite Eco Resources from This Past Week

Inspiration:

Image from Weddings Unveiled

• Real Asheville Wedding: Amanda + Max from Weddings Unveiled Eco-chic, mountain wedding in Asheville NC (another oldie but goodie)
• Earth Friendly Garden Charm from Snippet and Ink
• Earthy Elegance from the Recycled Bride
• Real Wedding: Kate + Jesse's Eco Friendly Park Wedding from Green Wedding Shoes Sweet and whimsical with lots of DIY elements
• Earth Day, We're Loving Green Goodies from Broke-Ass Bride

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Good ideas for green weddings

1. Carbon Offset Favors: Plant a tree and donate to charity! What's not to love about this favor? The couple offered guests a seedling to plant. Attached was the note, "Our wedding has been carbon offset through www.carbonfund.org. Check out the rest of this earth friendly wedding at The Recycled Bride

Image from The Recycled Bride

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{Eco-Chic Invitations: Buy and DIY}

Image by Bella Figura

According to Pantone, turquoise is the hot new wedding color for 2010. Not sure how Pantone decides these things, but when I saw this invitation from Bella Figura, I was like, "HELLO!"

Their website announces, "Because we want to make the world a better place, we're a wind-powered, carbon neutral, and eco-friendly letterpress shop, and we donate 1% of sales to environmental causes." Bella Figura prints on cotton paper and uses vegetable-based inks. Cotton paper is especially wonderful with letterpress because the letterpress makes such a deep impression on the paper

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Looking for a Green Venue? Try a Local Park, Public Garden or Arboretum.

I'm happy to report that the NC Arboretum, near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, is now open as a wedding venue. While this is not breaking news–The Arboretum started opening it's doors to couples last fall– it's certainly exciting news. And a fitting reminder for Earth Day!

We looked into using NC Arboretum as a venue last year. I was so disappointed to learn that they did not accommodate weddings. But things change, and after a long approval process, the State of North Carolina has approved the use of the NC Arboretum as a wedding venue, The state found that weddings help it meet its mission to connect people to plants, educate people about the environment, and generate revenue for the facilities. Think of it, the Arboretum has a chance to expose thousands of wedding guests to its mission for appreciating plants and reducing human impact on the environment.  Education is high on the NC Arboretum's list of priorities, especially in terms of reducing carbon footprints.

Image by Two Ring Studios

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{An oldie but goodie: Vintage Eco-Chic Wedding}

Need proof that eco-chic and vintage weddings are more than just a passing fad? Check out this real wedding from 2005! Before eco-chic hit the mainstream and "green" weddings became the new white wedding, this couple created a sweet, vintage-inspired, budget-friendly, green wedding based on (now) tried and true eco-friendly ideas.

Image from Snippet and Ink

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