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Of all the things that I knew would be contentious about my wedding (the absence of meat, the absence of religion…) the last thing I expected to stir people up was my wedding registry. Like many couples, we’ve lived together for some time and instead of registering for household items, opted to register through a [...]

I’ve not posted for a couple of weeks as Phil and I have been away on holiday, visiting one of my cousins who will be a bridesmaid next year, and staying with two of our friends who are also shortly getting married.   
One of the things I love most about planning a wedding is the [...]

One of my biggest ‘green guilt’ dilemmas is our honeymoon. Phil and I have always desperately wanted to visit China. As soon as we talk about our honeymoon we can imagine it straight away – three weeks backpacking from Hong Kong to Beijing followed by a week in the Phillipines to dive some of the [...]

After much deliberation, our green wedding has gone indoors.
Holding our wedding in a field was an idea we originally had when we went to a pagan wedding held by two of our very good friends.
They were married outside, by a blacksmith.
We all watched them give their vows and they received metal sculptures of their initials, [...]

In the wake of Leo’s film ‘Blood Diamond’, conflict free diamonds have hit the headlines in a big way.  No longer is the mention of conflict free carbon met with a blank look and a ‘huh?’.  Now it’s a, ‘oh, like in that film…’. 
But was the film too little too late? Or have the issues moved [...]

Weddings can impact the environment in all sorts of mysterious ways. Take tree frogs for example.
The other day Phil and I went to watch a presentation all about how the trans-Amazonian highway is changing the rainforest. For the economies of Peru and Brazil to survive in the world market, they need a road to transport [...]

And finally…
To close this challenge I thought it was appropriate to search for fair trade photograph albums and frames…
Albums
Rose Petal Album from Myakka
Wedding Album from Fairly Goods

Mother of Pearl Album (also in red) from Ganesha
Handmade paper Album from Shared Earth
Gold blockprint Album from People Tree

Satin & Bamboo Album from [...]

‘’A wedding cake” made from Theo fair trade chocolate
Today’s fair trade wedding cake has proved problematic to source online (hint, hint!). After numerous ‘fair trade wedding cake’ search engine results, I have only found two possible sources:

Fancy That! Wedding Cakes based in Oxfordshire. While they don’t mention a specific ‘fair trade wedding cake’ [...]

Incorporating fair trade chocolate at a wedding can vary from the simplest idea, to the exceedingly lavish…
Chocolate Cocktails
Sanderson’s Divinitini Cocktail recipe from Divine
Wedding Favours
Wedding Favours from A lot of Chocolate

Personalised Wedding Favours from A lot of Chocolate
Table Decorations/Extras
Chocolate Slabs from Chocaid
Belgian Finest Selection from Traidcraft
Feast
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Suitably following yesterday’s wine, today’s fair trade coffee & tea challenge has been fairly straight forward. As with the wine I believe many couples have already included fair trade beverages at their weddings, which perhaps reflects the fact that they are one of the simplest fair trade products to incorporate into everyday life, both at [...]