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So it’s 7 years today since we walked down the aisle. Where did that time go? I don’t think the celebrations will be going on till the wee hours tonight. With a ‘terrific’ twos toddler and a 10 week newborn we’re probably looking at a warm milk and early to bed. Utterly exhausted… But happy! [...]

No speeches, no sit-down meal, no wedding favours. Emily and Paul’s alternative wedding plans may have upset the traditionalists but doing things their own way made for a personal and meaningful celebration that sizzled with style while still taking care of the planet and the pennies. Find out how ebay came up with the vintage [...]

We have had what we believe are termed ‘catastrophic’ IT problems.   The upshot of this is that if you emailed us between September 2011 and the end of February this year we sadly no longer have your email and – if you hadn’t been in touch with us at all before September – we [...]

Shortly after saying ‘yes, yes, yes’ (to the question ‘Will you marry me?’ you understand) you will stumble across a whole new vocabulary (let’s call it wedcabulary – or wedcab for short) of whose existence you were previously blissfully unaware. This wedcab includes such mysteries as chic chair covers (you can’t sit on a naked [...]

Just a little post from us today to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Here’s our daughter Polly helping Santa out with his deliveries last night. See you in 2012 for lots more ethical and green wedding fun! Katie & Jamie x What next? Sign up to our Ethical Weddings newsletter [...]

We finally got around to updating our Events page and scoured the internet for all manner of wedding fairs that fall outside the mainstream. Ethical, eco or green wedding fairs are still sprouting up here and there around the country and we really hope you’ll go along and support them so that we have more [...]

As we approach the end of the year, we thought it would be a good time to flick back through the books we’ve had by our bedside for the last 12 months and pick out a few gems for those of you planning an ethical and green wedding in 2012. Here goes… 1. No more [...]

Fireworks, food, fancy clothes and fights – the typical Muslim wedding? Today we are very pleased to share Green Prophet blog’s tips for a greener Muslim wedding.

The first time Chinese sky lanterns floated onto my radar was not in a good way.  A journalist left a message (which I missed because I was on holiday) saying something along the lines of: “What is Ethical Weddings’ view on Chinese lanterns? What do you think about the environmental impact?” At the time I [...]

Once again, we’re delighted to bring you another fantastic real green wedding story. Faye and David got married at Folly Farm near Bristol in April this year and did all they could to make the wedding as local and low carbon as possible. With hay bales and bunting, tipis and homemade lanterns, and Somerset cider [...]