By making just a few earth-friendly choices, you can lessen the environmental footprint of your special day and truly make a difference. Visit our green wedding eco-boutique to find beautiful eco-friendly wedding favors, recycled & tree-free wedding invitations, earth friendly wedding decorations and a Fair Trade Gift Gallery.
As we approach Earth Day 2010, I’m excited to share news of positive events related to celebrating our planet, greener weddings and giving back. Sean & Debi, the winning couple of the Clay Hill Green Wedding Giveaway, are bringing a group of inner-city NY students to Maine for Earth Day.
One of the important aspects of living a more sustainable lifestyle is educating others and inspiring them to make a difference, too. Many of these high-school age kids have never left the city, but they will now have a chance to participate in a beach clean-up and explore Maine’s natural beauty. They will top off the day at Clay Hill Unplugged where they can meet local green experts.
In 1991, Clay Hill Farm in Maine became the first restaurant in the country to be certified as a natural wildlife habitat and bird sanctuary. The beautiful grounds, the nurtured habitats, the 150 birdhouses around the property…. all tell a twenty-year old story of environmental concern and care. It’s the perfect venue for a gorgeous green wedding! Read more about their green commitment . . .
I first brought you the news about the fabulous Clay Hill Farm Green Wedding Giveaway last month. Now, it’s less than one month until the entry deadline of January 1, 2010. Are you ready to get creative for your chance to win a green wedding prize package valued at $40,000?
Marriage is about commitment and compromise. Green is also about commitment and compromise. How does a commitment to the earth fit in with your new commitment as a couple? Clay Hill Farm asks contestants to tell their story in a play, a video, a painting, a poem, a song, an essay or whatever your creative juices cook up. Food for thought . . .
Do you consider yourself green already?
Do you consider green to be common sense practicality?
How does a commitment to the earth fit in with your new commitment as a couple?
Would you like to be green but feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start?
P.S. Meet Jonathan Blakeslee & Joelle Guerard, 2009 winners. They share some advice below their photo.
“Winning was the most amazing experience of our lives. From the start when we first saw the website through the judging process where we met the other finalist to the final announcement and the wedding itself, everything was just perfectly planned and organized down to the last letter. Clay Hill Farm and all the sponsors made us feel like the most important people in the world. It was just a wonderful experience. The best advice we could give people when entering into this contest is just be honest and be yourself and you will shine.”
When I first heard about Clay Hill Farm’s Green Wedding Giveaway, I knew I had to become involved. After all, this wonderfully educational and inspiring contest is a chance to further explore ideals that are very near and dear to my heart: commitment to love and commitment to the earth. Can we celebrate love and wedded bliss with small changes that bring about eco-harmony? I believe so.
Being “green” is about being who you are, and the little steps you take each day to live a greener lifestyle. Everyone is different in what they do, but everyone can make a difference. Whatever shade of green you are, it’s beautiful to Mother Nature.
And, when two become one in marriage, it presents a unique opportunity to explore the possibilities of making a difference together. Why not start with greening the wedding tradition that sets the stage for your new life?
Thanks to Clay Hill Farm and its eco-fabulous group of sponsors, you have a chance to win the green wedding of your dreams! To enter, contestants are asked to tell their story in a play, a video, a painting, a poem, a song, an essay or whatever suits their fancy. Pick your shade and shout it to the world… and anyone can enter for a chance to win a green wedding prize package valued at over $40,000.
