From the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe site:
“Housing Works presents an evening all about Green Weddings with some of New York City’s leaders in the field, to discuss the ins and outs of planning an eco-friendly wedding. With Mireya Navarro, author of Green Wedding: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration, green wedding planner Danielle Venokur, green dress designer (and Project Runway winner) Leanne Marshall, and sustainable chef Mary Cleaver (The Green Table and Cleaver Company).”
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012
212-334-3324
My wife and I have been using microfiber cloths for cleaning around the house, and I’M IN LOVE with these cloths! Use these cloths with water only, no chemical cleaners are necessary! I cleaned the shower door yesterday (soap scum and hard water residue); the cloth cleaned so easily - water only and it came out clean and shiny! They polish chrome amazingly well, the windows are cleaner then ever, and I can see through my glasses! When they get dirty, throw them in the wash - they can be reused hundreds of time. Seriously, spend $5 or $6 buck to try them out - you’ll never go back to chemical cleaners.
I’m helping our local Green Party candidate Randy Weeks in Canada’s federal election coming up on October 14. If you live in the Calgary West riding, check out Randy’s web site (as created by yours truly), or check out the Green Party of Canada web site for more info on policies, etc. Or click here for the US Green Party web site. The Green Party, at least in Canada, is gaining a lot of traction as a viable alternative to the other three parties.
Don’t forget about the CameraRenter.com contest - enter for the chance to save 80% on a digital camera rental package. The contest closes on September 30, so get your entry in ASAP!
There’s a new eco bride blog in town. This Ontario, Canada, -based bride is blogging her wedding plans, and dealing with the ups and downs of planning an eco-friendly wedding.
Follow her eco-wedding plans here, and see what she’s doing for her wedding, which is coming up fairly soon!
You may notice a minor change today, and a very major change. The minor change is improved navigation of the web site (I hope - let me know if you don’t like it). Find businesses with fewer clicks.The second improvement is huge - all businesses on the site are eco-friendly - we’ve eliminated all non-green businesses! Listings are still free, but ya gotta be green to get in.
Coming up this week (or next…):
Make it frugal, but call it eco. There are a lot of parallels between being frugal and being eco. Get some tips on having a frugal wedding but you can call it an eco wedding.
Getting away. Even if honeymoon travel isn’t the best thing for the environment (don’t forget to offset the travel!), you can go eco at one of these beautiful resorts around the world.
Finally, I’d just like to give a little shout-out to a new group out of San Francisco: The One Love Campaign, a directory of businesses and resources serving same sex weddings in the SF area.
“The website www.theonelovecampaign.com will serve as a beacon of information and a resource for all different types of relationship & wedding services in a network that recognizes all marriages as One Love.”
Corina Beczner, the founder of VibrantEvents.net, is writing a green wedding guide that will be published by the Sierra Club next year. She’s looking for couples who have had green weddings or are planning green weddings to share their stories for the book. You can contact her through BluePlanetWedding.com here, or through the Vibrant Events web site here.
BluePlanetWedding.com would also like to hear your stories - if you have an eco-friendly wedding story, let me know and I’ll feature your story on the site!
Hi to everyone from Austin! BluePlanetWedding.com’s 95 Ideas To Make Your Wedding More Environmentally-Friendly has been featured in “Austin Wide Open” and “Austin Natural Effects” magazine; we’re thrilled to be a part of these publications!
Come on in and check out the site, and if you have an environmentally-friendly or locally-oriented business with wedding services - or if you know someone who offers eco-oriented wedding services, sign up now for a free listing on the site.
I just discovered the “Unclutterer” blog this weekend, and I’m hooked. I don’t think I’m alone in realizing I could do many things to unclutter my life, and this blog is a great place to start.
I shall leave you with the post “Ten tips for planning a simple wedding“. Number 8 on the list is especially important:
Remember that your marriage is what is most important, not your wedding day. Keeping this in perspective will save you time and stress when it comes to making decisions about minute details.
Take it from someone who’s been married for almost 5 years. The wedding day comes and goes, but the marriage (hopefully) lasts forever. You won’t remember the flowers or the food, but you will remember the people. Focus on creating a great party and don’t worry that the bridesmaid dresses don’t match the centerpieces.
BluePlanetWedding.com, the green and ethical wedding business directory, is now accepting US wedding business listings! Get a free listing for your company and be seen by couples looking for eco-friendly wedding resources.
