Green, Ethical and Eco-friendly Weddings

Suzan St. Maur’s third wedding book, How To Get Married In Green, is an entertaining green wedding how-to book, covering how to make your wedding eco-friendly and why you should make the green choices.

I really enjoyed Suzan’s ideas on how to have an eco wedding. Her ideas are practical and a lot of fun (check out the recipes for eco drinks!), and the reasons behind going green are clear and sensible. Pick and choose the green elements you want for your wedding - vegetarian meals are not practical for every wedding, for example - Suzan won’t guilt you into making choices you don’t want to make.

Although everyone may argue different aspects of environmentalism - I disagree with using birdseed as confetti, for example, because it can introduce non-native, invasive plant species - the book has many practical examples and is well thought out. I sense the book is written for regular people wanting to make a difference; the hardcore environmentalists may not learn much new here.

The book is full of great internet search terms - you can use the suggested terms to find additional resources, businesses and ideas for your green wedding, and Suzan has a great list of wedding web sites (but not BluePlanetWedding.com - next edition, please?). Suzan lives in England, and the book has a heavy UK bias for the businesses and locations, but this shouldn’t stop you from reading the excellent advice.

Overall, this is a well written, well researched and entertaining guide on green weddings - pick up a copy to help you plan your wedding!

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