Green Wedding Shower Check List
January 19, 2009 by Mandy Schmitt
Filed under Featured, Food, Planning, Printing, Venue, Wedding Planning
A green wedding can be much more than simply the ceremony and reception. As we’ve worked through our planning our family and friends have been eager to try their hand at infusing sustainability into showers and parties. (The Matron-of-honor shared her expereince last month here on Go Green In Style.)
We’ve captured our checklist here to help you as you organize your thinking. Let us know what other questions or suggestions you have!
| Category | Checklist | Resources |
| Invitations | •Paperless invitations- online invitation
•If paper, recycled content paper and soy ink
•Non-traditional: Seed paper, handmade, hemp |
•Evite.com or Pingg.com
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| Food | •Green menu- Some or all of the menu is composed of local, organic, in season ingredients
•Choose a caterer who specializes in sustainable catering
•Minimize meat and dairy |
•WorldCommunityCookbook.org
•GA Options: GeorgiaOrganics.org |
| Beverages | •Non-alcoholic: organic teas, soft drinks •Wine: Choose organic, biodynamic, or local wine
•Beer: Choose organic or local beer
•Liquor: Several organic vodkas are on the market |
•Choice Teas, Knudsen
•Bonterra, Frey
•Wolavers, Stone Mill
•360 Vodka, Square One |
| Supplies | •Eliminate paper and plastic products. Use china, silverware, linens
•If using disposables, go for compostable products |
•Worldcentric.com |
| Themes | •Organic cooking demonstration
•Botanical garden or museum |
•GA: Cooks Warehouse |
| Décor | •Flowers: Choose in season and domestically grown, consider plants or flowers that can be planted
•Minimize decorations that will be disposed |
•Waldenour.com |
| Favors | •Avoid excess packaging and highly packaged goods
•Carbon offsets or donations to the brides favorite charity |
•Terrapass.com |
| Location | •Choose a restaurant has gone green- sustainable menu, green building, and other green practices
•Choose a museum or historic venue
•Locate near alternative transit options |
•GA Options: GeorgiaOrganics.org |
| Travel | •Encourage guests to carpool
•Offer guests to option to buy carbon offsets |
•Evite offers option to list |
| Waste disposal | •Recycle
•Compost food and paper waste |
•Earth911.com |