Green Weddings and Eco links!

I did do a post early last year about all things green.  Since then we have had lots of great feedback about how we have helped people do their bit for the environment, for example:

"Fantastic website, totally recommend - not only keeps things green, but great way of keeping wedding costs down, brilliant concept!" www.brideadviser.com

Green Weddings are a lot more common year on year and Blogs pop up all over the place offering their best tips and advise.  I love this one and they recently did a post citing that Paperless Wedding (OK they said email invites) were the way to go! Green Wedding Blog

I also really like this blog written by Kate Wall, Live and Lovely .  She had an Eco Wedding herself which has led her on to writing an artical about it. This Australian based couple have some great eco products that are available for purchase or hire.  I love the candles and the recycled paper decorations.  So much thought and time went into creating the perfect day, its looks fantastic.  I hope they have a long, healthy and happy life together!

Ethical Weddings have some great articles too. I enjoy reading about real life stories and tips on how to have that perfect Green Wedding.  I wish I had done more research when we got married!

So what do Paperless Wedding do?

Think of all the paper which goes into a wedding invitation. Not only is there the invitation itself, there's also all the info you need to include: maps, accommodation details, gift registry - all in a paper envelope. Multiply this by the number of your guests and you're using more paper than you might do all year! Plus there's the emissions from delivery, especially if you have mates to invite from those fun years in London, or pals who have moved abroad.

All this can be replaced using Paperless Wedding, we cover everything that would normally go in that paper envelope and more, you can include way more info on your site, plus your guests can interact using the message board and photo album. And all this for the price of 80 Australian large letter stamps. It's an easy and up to date way to reduce the carbon footprint of your wedding.

On top of this, we at Paperless try make sure we're as green as possible:

• Our servers are energy efficient
• We offset emissions using a tree planting scheme
• Paperless Towers has no air con
• We don't drive to work
• We recycle everything we can
• We operate without paper as much as possible

Our ECO tips for green weddings:

1. Encourage your guests to give each other lifts to your wedding, or provide a bus
2. If people are travelling from overseas, ask them to carbon offset their flights
3. Choose locally supplied food, flowers and jewellery
4. Go for a sustainable venue
5. Hire rather than buy, or go pre-loved, this could also save you cash
6. Instead of asking for gifts, request a donation to an environmental charity
7. Have your honeymoon in Australia – it is beautiful after all!

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