Eco-Ethical Wedding Plans
July 19, 2010
One of my missions in life is to be a good example that living an Eco-Ethical lifestyle goes well with beauty and comfort. This is why once in a while, I will be posting personal materials about my life and my efforts and small decisions towards living an Eco-Ethical Lifestyle.
I would like to start with our wedding plans.
Weddings are very tricky I think. There are lots of things to balance: the bride’s “I-want-this-to-be-a-perfect-wedding-just-like-how-I-dreamed-about-when-I-was-a-little-girl”, the budget, the guest list, the comfort of the guests, the couple’s preferences, the suppliers available and availability, the in-laws’ requests, etc… So, trying to have an Eco-Ethical Wedding is in fact, more a constraint now than a real option.
Having an Eco-Ethical wedding for me was a little bit automatic. Because of the work we do in Rags2Riches, I can’t help but include the environment and communities as factors in our decisions about the wedding.
So here are the decisions we made in order to be as Eco-Ethical and as stylish as possible. I must admit that it is very challenging because not a lot of suppliers have the Eco-Ethical products we prefer. But for now, considering all the limitations, I believe that we are on the right track.
1.) Wedding Gown created using natural materials, designed by Rajo Laurel–Rajo, being a long-time partner of ours in Rags2Riches, Inc. (and not to mention, one of the country’s premiere fashion designers) was an obvious choice for the wedding gown. We absolutely love his style and philosophy! I also trusted that he would understand the Eco-Ethical considerations of our wedding. =)
2.) Organic Welcome Drinks–our caterer is K. Cunanan who is known for her creativity when it comes to wedding concepts and themes. Of course, the food tastes amazing too! But what we liked best about her is the flexibility of her style. She can basically translate your “dream theme” into all the tiny but important details of a wedding reception! When I told her that I wanted to have an Eco-Ethical wedding, she proposed that we could provide organic “green” welcome drinks as well.
3.) Eco-Ethical Reception set up using locally sourced plants and flowers (the pegs below are from K. Cunanan’s blog. This is the peg I re-sent to them with my comments beside the photo)
4.) Eco-Ethical Wedding Souvenirs: Potted Plants and Rags2Riches purses (not yet the actual purses)
Photo by: Amina Aranaz-Alunan
5.) Eco-Ethical Invitation Cards (the actual design by: Marielle Nadal of Ideals Creatives)
6.) Reusable Bride’s Maids/Maids of Honor/Secondary Sponsors Gowns: The beautiful Infinity Dress that the girls can wear over and over again. (photos from Ant Hill: http://anthillfabricgallery.multiply.com/photos/album/53/ONE_DRESS._INFINITE_POSSIBILITIES.#photo=1)
I’m so excited to post the actual wedding photos and how all of the aforementioned looked together! =) So far, everything looks really good!
