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Our Sustainable Wedding | eco-friendly, budget-friendly & DIY Wedding Tips & Ideas

by athompson
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Our Sustainable Wedding | eco-friendly, budget-friendly & DIY Wedding Tips & Ideas

Some of the things we did to try and cut down on the environmental impact of our wedding 4 years ago and also a few things I would do differently now.

There are so many ways to have a more eco-friendly wedding or event, and I would love to hear your ideas, tips, and thoughts in the comments!

Time-stamps for specific topics:
00:00 Intro
00:59 Venue
01:49 Invitations
02:08 Food – vegetarian & vegan buffet
03:45 Drinks
05:01 Wedding dress
06:52 Bridesmaid’s dresses
07:14 Rings
07:41 Make-up…

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23 comments

@victoriasun6386 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Nice video do you still have your actual wedding dress

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@victoriasun7767 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Do you still have your actual wedding dress

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@truthandbeautyco 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

I love your eco-friendly wedding. These tips will come in handy. I am excited to use some of these tips

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@jessicawatson7360 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Do u use non-toxic candles?

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@Maria-fh4oh 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

I love how you guys didnt feel the need to care about what others thought and just did what you guys wanted with your wedding

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@ellamarie9429 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Loved your minimalist Vegan green video! I’ll definitely take your lead When my boyfriend and I get married!

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@jaianeoliveira4419 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Você é um encanto

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@daianmoi8528 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

How much did the cost end up being?

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@sarahv1468 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Love this channel💖💖💖💖💖

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@Jessicaaljp 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

I absolutely love the paper flower backdrop and the bouquets.

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@akriti_1 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Wow!! So glad you had a eco-friendly wedding..!! The pictures looks so lovely!! Came across a few weddings from this page https://www.instagram.com/ecoweddings_/ & it is wonderful to see how the world is evolving from big-fat to minimalistic.

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@Utopia 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Great. Thanks for sharing.

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@naturemurali7331 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

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@fufala84 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

I think your makeup was cool.

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@marijkeBongers 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Hi, love this video! We are a small slow fashion studio in the Netherlands and make ethical and eco (bridal) clothes. But also sell the fabrics and can help with the fitting if a friend or mother makes the dress. We only use organic, cruelty free, fair materials. Or we use recycled materials. We can dye the outfit before of after your wedding with plantdyes. If we buy new materials we are always looking for the best ethical solution we can find. Using the clothes again is a big part of the whole design proces. We make the clothes in parts and layers. In that way you can wear all the parts even the underwear (like a nice simple peace silk or organic cotton slipdress and the top with lace) styled differently later. We know people always change a bit in weight so we have solutions for that, like extra wide seams or we could change the outfit later with an other solution. Because we want to pay the people who help us also a fair minimal wage it is not a cheap solution (if you decide to let our studio make your dress/outfit) but if you can do it yourself or someone you know, you could learn a lot and have a lot of fun. Just start in time! This video is very inspiring, I am looking in the Netherlands for more ethical small businesses for flowers and make-up to help bride here to make ethical choices. I hope you do not see this as an unwanted selfpromotion, if so just let me know. I am just so exited about the many ideas we have and think it is pretty hard to find solutions if you want to live this life style. It is my passion to show there are more solutions than going for the dirty fashion industrie.

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@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Brilliant info!

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@caramelushca 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

💖 It looked like a very beautiful wedding!

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@amandachapman842 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

We registered at Flight Center. We went on a beautiful honeymoon to Portugal. Everyone was so supportive and kept saying “I wish I had known you could register for flights, I would have done it for my wedding!”

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@leaxo559 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Very good idea with the donation 🙂

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@Ste14fanie18 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

I have the same opinion about gifts!! I want people to give money for the honeymoon instead of stuff (that i really don't want). Well, I'm 21 but if I get married I'll definitely do that.
Love your video <3

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@paolamucino7842 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

We wanted to have a small wedding, which we kind of had. Our budget was very short and even if we had the money, we wouldn´t spend so much in a wedding, and since I´m Mexican and we had to move from Mexico to the US suddenly, my family couldn´t make it, which took away some of the meaning and sentimentalism from me…but my husband´s family pushed to have something more "fancy" and more to fulfill their idea of what they expected from this wedding, they didn´t respect some of the things we did not want, like the cake hahahahaha. Anyways, for me is not a moment to remember so well. BUT, we did find the way of getting some things done our way: I made my dress, decoration was some dream catchers made from local Native Americans and a big one that I made for the ceremony, we use the Imperial March from Star Wars instead of the typical one (This seriously rocked the wedding haha) Anyways, I like the way you managed this event, you looked so beautiful!

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@cheersyears3679 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

I loved this video so much and your wedding looked beautiful!! I especially love the multi-purposing of home-grown bouquets, your rings, and the cash bar for charity! If I had to plan my wedding over again I would definitely make more eco-friendly decisions. I'm glad I can advise future brides on great tips like this in the future!

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@Kelsey-fd9tp 19 October 2024 - 7:51 pm

Yay thanks for this I’m from Edmonton and this video helps so so much!

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