Everyone at BluePlanetWedding.com is committed to living an environmentally-friendly lifestyle.  We are always finding ways to be more eco-friendly, and everyone, personally and professionally, is making lifestyle choices that are greener and friendlier. I, Dave Walker, the founder of the site, am making several personal commitments to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.

•  BluePlanetWedding.com is run from everyone’s homes, saving on commuting and travel. Since the team is spread all across Canada, we communicate online using tools like wikis, internal blogs, email, BaseCamp and more.
• All of the power for my home in Calgary comes from Greenmax, ENMAX Energy’s environmental program.
• My carbon credits offset 5 tonnes of CO2 for 2007.
• I am eating about 30% less meat in the last six months, and I have resolved for 2008 to eat meat from organic sources as much as possible.
• When needed, I am replacing as many parts in my wardrobe as possible with eco-friendly alternatives using organic cotton, hemp and other fabrics. I’ve just ordered a bamboo t-shirt, and will report on it as soon as I get it.
• We’re doing several other things and making constant small changes to our lifestyle, personally and professionally.

I know I could be doing more, but my family and I are making incremental changes in our lifestyle. Changes are difficult, but I’ve found that once you start, it’s quite easy to sustain each change and add other changes into our lifestyle.

My hope for BluePlanetWedding.com is to encourage you not only to apply green wedding principles to your wedding, but to adopt a greener lifestyle for your household in the future. Together through small changes, we can make a big difference.