With “eco-friendly” rapidly getting into the product buzzwords, it seems couples are making attempts to green-up aspects of their nuptials. Holding a traditional Indian marriage ceremony, Patrick Koppula and Bhavna Shamasunder want to minimize environmental footprint of the celebration to the maximum.
In the first place, they went all organic with flowers, wine, food, and even cake! They have also gone “green” with their wedding invitations, with precisely using eco-friendly paper, non-chlorine dye, and vegetable-based inks!The couple even opted for a unionized print shop. Koppula said,
It was our way of expressing our socially progressive ideals.
Today the wedding industry brings in roughly $72 billion per year! An increasing share of that money is said to be going to ecologically sensitive businesses. To add to the reveal of the rising trend of environment-friendly nuptial ties, Carley Roney, editor-in-chief of wedding magazine The Knot said,
I didn’t hear any word about people being conscious [about the impact of their weddings] up to five years ago. Now, people are looking for ways not to be ‘cookie-cutter’ and for their wedding to reflect not just their style, but also their spirit.
