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As soon as you’ve set a date for that long walk up the aisle, time seems to fly with venue reservations, honeymoon plans, dress fittings, sampling the wedding breakfast, and of course, keeping everyone happy.
Sometimes it seems there’s barely time to think at all, let alone think about what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.
So [...]

I have a question for all the green brides today… what do you think about web-based invitations?
My fiancé Phil has built a website with all our wedding information on it (the venue, the plan of the day, maps and all the rest). He’s also made a database of the names and email addresses of all [...]

I have been a little conspicuous by my absence on the Ethical Weddings blog these last few weeks… so a big thank you to our blogger brides for keeping the posts coming!
I’ve been busy beavering away organising the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards for responsibletravel.com. The winners were announced last Wednesday in a wonderful [...]

Following the carrot cake recipe last week, here’s the recipe for Fairtrade chocolate cake. It’s quite rich because of the chocolate but we have found it isn’t too heavy because of the meringue folded into it.
It freezes well (I know because I made several for a Fairtrade Feast we held last year) so again my [...]

I recently started a new job, which has me working all weekend at the Green Festival in San Francisco. Now this is my kind of trade show! I’ve been scarfing down free samples of vegan soy jerky, learning about ethically sourced wool, and of course looking for resources for green weddings.
In addition to standard fare [...]

As I am boldly (or stupidly) attempting to make my own ethical wedding cakes, a couple of people have asked me to put the recipes on the blog.  So here is my tested recipe for carrot cake.  The chocolate cake and fruit cake recipes will follow when I have made sure they work!   
I’ve been [...]

Our venue, a Masonic Centre which is providing a big conference room and a three-course dinner for our wedding, has never been asked about local or ethical food before. Not only that but, because of our small budget, we have had to go for one of the lowest price menus they offer. So it is [...]