Global Warming & Reception
You won't be able to stop global warming on your wedding day, but your choices can lessen the carbon footprint of your event says Time Magazine. "Why eat food or drink wine or beer that has traveled thousands of miles when you can choose local options that are just as good?"
Indians are known to save money all their life for making a grand wedding day. Wedding is a platform to show the status in society, bigger the marriage celebration, bigger the status in relatives and society. People here spend on marriage functions almost half of their lifetime savings.
These fat big weddings create lots of carbon and there are some site which provides services to calculate the carbon points to generate. Calculating the carbon footprint of a wedding is straightforward. You just need to know the number of guests and the rough details of their travel plans.
Even the big matrimonial sites like shaadi and bharatmatrimony has not started initiative to educated thier members on how to cut down on carbon emmission, but you can also find how to save on carbon emmission on some indian matrimonial sites.
Lot of firecrackers, "Yagna" for satphere (meaning 7 rounds to fire), food waste etc is a huge emission of greenhouse gases.
Times of India is regularly publishing articles on innovative wedding of couples who are taking responsibility to curtail carbon emmission.
Also read article on green wedding in time magazine.
Wedding card invitations by post or courier is another factor which should be considered. Why not send wedding invitations on email, MMS or SMSs or simply a automated phone call.
So, will you plan your own green wedding or request others to follow this?
Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/global-warming-reception-1579522.html
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