GREEN WEDDING: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration

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GREEN WEDDING:
Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration
by Mireya Navarro

With 2.5 million weddings every year in the United States alone, there is no doubt the wedding industry’s carbon footprint is growing by the day. But in today’s increasingly eco-friendly world, more and more couples are becoming environmentally conscious and exchanging their white weddings for green ones.

In 2007, New York Times correspondent Mireya Navarro wrote an article entitled “How Green Was My Wedding,” chronicling the emerging trend of couples deciding to have earth-friendly weddings. The overwhelming response to the story—it was one of the most frequently emailed Times articles that year—inspired Navarro to expand her ideas and explore the subject in depth. The result is this brilliant new book, GREEN WEDDING (Stewart, Tabori & Chang / ISBN 978-1-58479-712-8 / January 2009 / $35.00), which features stories of couples who have “greened-up” their dream weddings, along with gorgeous photographs that provide endless ideas for decoration, design, and style.

This authoritative guide explains how couples can minimize the environmental impact of their wedding by using alternative products and services that can reduce planetary harm while still ensuring a joyous and elegant celebration. The book presents ideas on everything from planning the ceremony and reception, to offsetting the global-warming impact of guests’ travel, to designing a menu with seasonal and local foods. And because environmental responsibility is not just a one-day affair, GREEN WEDDING also includes chapters on ecotourism honeymoons and on sustainable living throughout married life.

About the Author
Mireya Navarro is the environmental writer for the New York Times, covering New York and the region. She shared in the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for the Times series “How Race is Lived in America.” Navarro lives in Los Angeles and New York City. Visit her at www.mireyanavarro.com

GREEN WEDDING:
Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration
By Mireya Navarro
ISBN: 978-1-58479-712-8
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Publication date: January 2009
$35.00 U.S. / $39.00 Canada