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Posted in Fair trade, Wedding dresses on May 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Weddings can be an expensive business, can’t they? So it would seem a welcome turn of events when major retailers announce, as they did recently, that they can kit out you and your partner for under £200 with The Dress coming in at as little as £60.
Some designers of course were up in arms - [...]
Posted in Vegetarian weddings on May 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
Ok, so National Vegetarian Week ended yesterday but one of our brides in the Ethical Weddings Forum had a few useful words of advice so I thought I would share them with you…
I’m having a vegan wedding in December. So far, it has been easy enough.
The hotel where the wedding and reception will be [...]
Posted in Green weddings on May 26th, 2007 2 Comments »
Has the green wedding backlash begun already? US environmental news site, Grist, picked up on a piece in Salon magazine (and sparked off quite a lot of debate!), suggesting that green weddings are not necessarily great and that if you want to minimise your impact, maybe you should just not have a wedding in the first place.
Well, that’s one way of looking at [...]
Posted in Green weddings, Vegetarian weddings, Wedding dresses on May 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
For today’s post, I am very pleased to welcome Liz O’Neill, Head of Communications for The Vegetarian Society, to tell us a little bit about her wedding and her thoughts on veggie weddings in general. Over to Liz:
Being vegetarian is a big part of most veggies’ lives so naturally it is also important to any veggie [...]
Posted in Green weddings on May 21st, 2007 No Comments »
This is just a quickie to apologise for the lack of posts over the past week - we’ve been moving house to our new ‘ecohome’.
Ok before you get excited it’s a 3-bed 1930s mid-terrace in Worthing but we’ve had the guys who did the Brighton Earthship take a look at it and are assured it [...]
Posted in Flowers, Green weddings, Wedding stationery on May 14th, 2007 5 Comments »
Wedding planning went on hold during the recent stint of summery weather. I was busy planting things at the allotment, and also barbecuing in the garden with all our friends! After all, planning a wedding is much more fun if you sometimes get a breather, isn’t it?
But now the rain has come to water all [...]
Posted in Fair trade, Flowers on May 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Did you know today was World Fair Trade Day? This year’s theme is ‘Kids need Fair Trade’, the logic being that if adults are paid a fair price for their work, their children are able to go to school and live a healthy and full life, rather than having to work.
Activities related to World Fair [...]
Posted in Civil partnerships, Ethical brides, Groomswear, Real ethical and green weddings, Wedding dresses on May 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
As you may have gathered, my betrothed and I are keen on the idea of a unique nuptial celebration…
Not least when it comes to our attire.
Neither of us is comfortable in a dress or skirt, so it seems daft to wear one on our special day.
And we are carefully avoiding anything reminiscent of the traditionally [...]
Posted in Ethical brides, Food and Drink, Green weddings, Real ethical and green weddings, Wedding dresses on May 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
It’s been a little while since my last post. My fiance and I went on a short vacation down to my hometown where our wedding will take place, and it was very productive!
The first exciting thing we did was buy the fabric for my wedding dress with my mom (who will be making it). She [...]
Posted in Green weddings, Vegetarian weddings on May 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
With National Vegetarian Week just around the corner from 21-27 May, we thought it would be a great idea to hear how vegetarian brides and grooms are planning their weddings.
What are the bonuses?
Stylish veggie wedding shoes from Beyond Skin? A cheaper (and healthier?), lower-carb (emissions that is!) wedding breakfast?
And what are the issues?
Maybe your partner isn’t vegetarian [...]