{"id":126,"date":"2011-10-14T06:02:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T06:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/?p=126"},"modified":"2012-12-10T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T14:30:17","slug":"how-to-%e2%80%a6-go-green-on-your-wedding-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/how-to-%e2%80%a6-go-green-on-your-wedding-day","title":{"rendered":"Go green on your wedding day | Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be modest. The more extravagant the affair, the larger your impact on the environment. Keep your guest list small.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start with the basics: a daytime wedding requires less electricity; use recycled paper for your stationery (if you\u2019re not too attached to tradition you could even send invites via email); display the menu on a blackboard rather than printing on paper.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Transport is a big carbon culprit. Ask your guests to share lifts to the wedding. If the ceremony and reception are at the same venue, forgo the fancy bridal car and rent a tandem bicycle instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minimise waste. Hire rather than buy an expensive gown if you don\u2019t think you\u2019ll ever wear it again. If another couple is getting married at the same venue on the same day, arrange to share flowers, and serve your wedding cake as dessert.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pot plants on tables can double as centerpieces and party favors.\u00a0 Attach a name tag to each and you have place settings too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Put organic food and sustainable seafood on the menu.\u00a0 Many caterers can accommodate this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Use the CO2 calculator on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trees.co.za\/\">www.trees.co.za<\/a> to work out how many trees you need to plant to offset the effect of our wedding and then ask guests to donate to an organization like SEED or Food &amp; Trees for Africa instead of buying gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Use the venue\u2019s infrastructure as much as possible.\u00a0 This way less energy is used transporting things like portable things like toilets, bars and kitchens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The more you do yourself the better.\u00a0 Not only will personal touches be visible to your guests, but you can make sure materials and methods are ethical.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Honeymoon locally.\u00a0 Apart from cutting out the carbon emissions from transcontinental travel, South Africa\u2019s offerings are diverse and wallet-friendly and you\u2019ll be supporting the local economy too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By WEDDING ALBUM 2007<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be modest. The more extravagant the affair, the larger your impact on the environment. Keep your guest list small. &nbsp; Start with the basics: a daytime wedding requires less electricity; use recycled paper for your stationery (if you\u2019re not too attached to tradition you could even send invites via email); display the menu on a [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rentalsvillage.co.za\/decor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}