Eco-Friendly Wedding Series No. 3: Green Transportation for the Big Day

Reader Contribution by Lindsey Siegele
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How you get from here to there is sometimes an afterthought. Destinations are easy to remember: I was at home this morning, I’m at work now and I’ll probably be at the grocery store later today. That period in between — the time we spend driving or biking or walking — tends to fade into the background.

At the same time, many of us recognize transportation as a big eco-issue. Whether you fly, drive or take the bus, your transportation choices inevitably affect the environment either in a positive or negative way. So whether you’re traveling in style in a stretch limo or taking the subway to your wedding destination, how will you make sure Mother Earth is as happy as you are on your big day?

Green Wedding Transportation

Challenge: Let’s say your wedding will have 150 guests. Many of those guests are probably couples, and some of them are families, so you may have something like 50 cars driving separately to your wedding. But that’s not all. What if you picked a reception hall that’s 20 miles away from your wedding chapel? The environmental impact of those 50 cars zooming around every which way for your big day could be substantial.

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