Without costing the earth you can easily include green choices in your event planning. Incorporate the mantra – Recycle, Renew, Reuse in your wedding planning process and you’re on the right path to reducing your event carbon emissions.

Wedding dress

Today it’s environmentally “eco chic” to hire, borrow, buy pre-loved or wear a vintage wedding dress. And it’s not just brides snapping up these vintage gowns to wear or restyle, couture wedding designers are buying pre-loved gowns for their antique lace, crystals and beading treasures as well.

Include visits to your local ‘op’ shops and secondhand shops, buy pre-loved on-line or ask if you can wear your mother’s or grandmother’s gown – what an absolute honour.

Wedding dress fabric

Did you know synthetic fabrics are made from non-renewable petro chemicals creating greenhouse gases? Use natural fabrics such as silk, hemp, cotton, linen or bamboo.

Zero carbon your wedding

WeddingWire has partnered with carbonfund.org website to determine the level of carbon emission your wedding event will emit into the air. To Zero Carbon your click on the site above site. If not sure of your exact figures they offer pre-set offset options.

Also greenweddingguide.com.au has developed an emissions guide in association with the Carbon Reduction Institute.

If you choose these sites or others always thoroughly check their authenticity and certification.