Comments on: Vowing to Be Green Together http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/vowing-to-be-green-together ethical weddings blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Gavin http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/vowing-to-be-green-together#comment-315 Gavin Sat, 05 May 2007 12:06:41 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=193#comment-315 Hey, it's great that other people are doing this - we're doing the exact same thing (humanist wedding in a field, followed by BBQ) this summer. Conveniently for us, my parents have a field we can use. If you don't have a venue, you might want to just try asking around - you may just find someone with some space somewhere. There's no reason why a wedding should damage a venue - in fact it's likely that'd you'd be able to improve a semi-disused area (in our case, we had a group of friend come over to help move some old building materials and firewood - so the area is clear for the first time in years). We like to do our own thing and I'm hoping we'll have something tasteful that's still a bit of a backlash against the overly lavish and formulaic weddings that seem to happen these days. All the weddings I've been to have been lovely, but they generally seem to be indistinguishable from one another and always include some kind of dull, tense bit in a church. It'll be good to get away from that! One thing we are doing is buying rather than renting some of the essential gear - including a big tent (20' x 40') - that way we can set up a good few days in advance and be sure that at least some of what we need will definitely be available. If you have the space and you can use the venue for a little longer than just the day, I'd recommend this approach - it's certainly cut the stress for us as we know we'll cope even if it rains. Best of luck to both of you ;-) Hey, it’s great that other people are doing this - we’re doing the exact same thing (humanist wedding in a field, followed by BBQ) this summer. Conveniently for us, my parents have a field we can use. If you don’t have a venue, you might want to just try asking around - you may just find someone with some space somewhere. There’s no reason why a wedding should damage a venue - in fact it’s likely that’d you’d be able to improve a semi-disused area (in our case, we had a group of friend come over to help move some old building materials and firewood - so the area is clear for the first time in years).

We like to do our own thing and I’m hoping we’ll have something tasteful that’s still a bit of a backlash against the overly lavish and formulaic weddings that seem to happen these days. All the weddings I’ve been to have been lovely, but they generally seem to be indistinguishable from one another and always include some kind of dull, tense bit in a church. It’ll be good to get away from that!

One thing we are doing is buying rather than renting some of the essential gear - including a big tent (20′ x 40′) - that way we can set up a good few days in advance and be sure that at least some of what we need will definitely be available. If you have the space and you can use the venue for a little longer than just the day, I’d recommend this approach - it’s certainly cut the stress for us as we know we’ll cope even if it rains.

Best of luck to both of you ;-)

]]> By: Jenny http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/vowing-to-be-green-together#comment-42 Jenny Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:34:03 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=193#comment-42 Hi Liz Good luck finding a space - a bbq sounds like a great idea! There is a discussion going on about this in the forum at the moment - I have just been explaining to Roslily what my venue plans are. She, like you, would like to hold her ceremony outside! I suggested approaching schools. What time of year are you having the wedding? I will write a new blog entry on this topic in the next few days too so let me know what you think... Jenny Hi Liz

Good luck finding a space - a bbq sounds like a great idea! There is a discussion going on about this in the forum at the moment - I have just been explaining to Roslily what my venue plans are. She, like you, would like to hold her ceremony outside! I suggested approaching schools. What time of year are you having the wedding?

I will write a new blog entry on this topic in the next few days too so let me know what you think…

Jenny

]]> By: Liz Marsh http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/vowing-to-be-green-together#comment-40 Liz Marsh Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:12:35 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=193#comment-40 I am reading your plans with interest as me and my othe half would like an outdoors humanist wedding followed by a BBQ, but I cannot seem to find an outdoor space to hold it on! I am reading your plans with interest as me and my othe half would like an outdoors humanist wedding followed by a BBQ, but I cannot seem to find an outdoor space to hold it on!

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