A wedding industry trade magazine interviewed me a few days ago wanting to know how retailers could best appeal to eco-conscious couples. The answer, these couples say, is simple: walk the walk. One of the biggest challenges consumers face in buying environmentally-sound products and services is how to tell the real green vendor from the greenwasher, those who make [...]
In these tough economic times, do not underestimate the reach of the online marketplace when you’re planning a wedding. A quick perusal of sites that facilitate the sale of wedding items (Craigslist, eBay, BravoBride and others) will yield not just the usual second-hand inventory but also brand new merchandise that may suddenly become available [...]
One of the things couples are learning in trying to build green principles into their wedding plans is that there are often complex trade offs to be made, not black and white decisions. Take the question of sourcing. We often hear that buying local is best when deciding on food, flowers and other elements [...]
“Back to Earth,”among the country’s first sustainable catering and events company, plans to open an affordable full-service organic restaurant in the summer. “Terrain” will be located at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley , Calif. , near the University of California campus, in the cradle of Chez Panisse Restaurant and the local-foods movement. The [...]
