7 Easy Ideas To Green Up Your Wedding

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Did you know that an Ann Arbor couple ‘greened’ up their wedding ceremony and you could do it too?

It was in August 2010, the Ann Arbor couple (Engel and Dyer) were married in a “green” outdoor ceremony and reception near the Huron River fit to pay homage to their shared passion of the planet and the outdoors.

The trend toward green weddings certainly isn’t new, but researchers say it has evolved to allow couples to incorporate their own personal preferences and still afford their marriage.

Most people are interested in a green wedding and when they hear about what it really entails, they turn out going a different route. Our heroes Engel and Dyer decided they wouldn’t be able to keep everything completely green, but were going to try their hardest. And the most essential element was to make the day educational as well as fun for guests.

They planned the ceremony at a science and nature center where tours were offered to guests in the hour before they walked down the aisle. The tour featured different water and energy conservation solutions used at the center like the solar-panel arrays for electricity, solar-powered heating and water heater systems and no-flush compost toilets.

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