Eco-friendly Aspects of Our Wedding

Posted by Melanie Jade Rummel  5 Responses »
Jul 102010
Eco-friendly Aspects of Our Wedding

Hello Friends! I realized last night that I forgot to mention all the eco-friendly aspects of our wedding.  Ha!  I was just enjoying sharing the pics.  So here’s a list of some of the decisions we made to have an eco-friendly celebration: I made my dress from a duvet cover from goodwill.  I drew the pattern for my top on junk mail paper. Our rings are made from recycled silver. We made the decorative streamers for our talent show out of junk mail. The B&B we stayed at has many eco-friendly practices, including safe cleaners and low flow toilets. The [Continue Reading...]

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Consuming Less Stuff

Posted by Melanie Jade Rummel  2 Responses »
Apr 242010
Consuming Less Stuff

First, I want to give a big shout out to Beth Terry (FakePlasticFish.com) and her post, Earth Day 2010: Buying Green vs. Being Green.  In it, she talks about a subject I have come to feel strongly about – that consuming more than we need is not good for the planet, whether the products are considered eco-friendly or not.  I know that being a consumer is linked with being patriotic in the U.S., but that seems like an outdated and unworkable mindset to me.  I don’t want to be called a consumer.  I’m so much more than what I buy. [Continue Reading...]

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