Getting the word out to CT viewers about this exciting event next weekend! Come join us and find fabulous eco and budget-friendly ideas for your wedding!
CONNECTICUT - A lot of ladies start planning their wedding day long before there's even a proposal, and for one Connecticut bride, the big day has evolved into a career with an emphasis on the color green.
Two years ago, Kate Harrison walked down the aisle in what was the wedding of her dreams...
Click here to see the eco-chic episode of Get Married on Lifetime Television with commentary from Kate Harrison. Please note: The Green Bride Guide does not endorse the companies mentioned on this segment, which were at the discretion of Get Married.
The show Iron Brides introducers viewers to green weddings! In this episode, Kate talks about some of the impacts of conventional weddings. She challenges the brides to figure out which invitations are eco-friendly and tests which bride can construct fair trade favors in the least amount of time. This segment also featured Ecotools, eco-friendly invitations, fair trade chocolates, and recycled paper favor boxes. Skip to minute 27 to start at The Green Bride Guide segment.
Watch Kate Harrison and Heather Burns-DeMelo prepare for Connecticut's first EcoChic Wedding & Home Show. Environmentally-conscious brides now have the option to plan a "green" wedding; where every choice from caterer to florist to sound system takes into account the impact on the environment. Christina DeFranco meets up with a caterer who sources most of her food from local growers, a jeweler who works with conflict-free gems and recyclable materials and a company that's sounds systems are powered by the sun. CLICK HERE to watch this segment on CPTV's All Things Connecticut.
Dr. Alvin Jones interview Kate for Earth Day. "Unfortunately, the last two minutes of this interview were cut off. However, we still manage to cover a lot of ground with money saving tips." Click Here to listen.
The Green Bride Guide has everything eco-conscious couples need to make their special day more sustainable. Green wedding veteran and environmentalist Kate Harrison offers a multitude of eco-friendly choices in one handy reference. Emphasizing elegance and individual taste, The Green Bride Guide covers all aspects of the big day and beyond. Kate joins us to help educate and inform our listeners what small part they can play to help the future of our environment. It doesn’t take much and it won’t break the bank when it comes to making a small portion of your wedding eco-chic. Kate will show you how. Click here to listen now.
NEW HAVEN (New Haven Register Feb. 7, 2010)— Like many brides, Kate Harrison had a tough time finding exactly what she wanted when it came to certain aspects of her wedding. Unlike most wives-to-be, however, Harrison turned her frustration — over the scarcity of “green,” eco-friendly weddings options — into a thriving business.... Click here to read the rest of the story - Vowing To Go Green.
As is often the case with things that grow, Sheila Sheffield's eco-friendly party favor business started with one seedling. Just months after guests left their August 1992 wedding with blue spruce seedlings in their pockets, Sheila Sheffield was in business, selling seedlings, seed packets and bulbs to brides interested in a different kind of party favor. Tree Beginnings, an online, mail-order business based in Locke, is one example of how the trend of environmental consciousness has infiltrated the wedding scene. This movement takes the traditional requirements of a wedding - “something old, new, borrowed and blue” - and adds “something green.”
This article by Jeanne Muchnick proves that going green can save you money. She does a fantastic job of running through some of the simple techniques that can make a huge difference for the environment and your wallet. Click here to read Your Special Day at a Special Price.
The Green Bride Guide was part of this article on green weddings in Sayidaty - a popular Middle Eastern magazine. Click here to download the PDF with this article on global green wedding trends.
The Green Bride GUide was delighted to be part of the first edition of this beautiful new green wedding magazine. Congrats to Katie Martin and the rest of her team! Read the entire eco-beautiful magazine online now!
New Haven, Conn. '' Kate L. Harrison, author of The Green Bride Guide and winner of the inaugural $25,000 winner-take-all Sabin Environmental Venture Prize, is hosting the state''s first 'EcoChic Wedding & Home Show' this weekend in Stamford, CT.
For Harrison, a graduating student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, turning 2.5 million weddings that reach over 400 million people a year into a market to advance 'green' products and services has the potential to significantly reduce environmental degradation and create the 'green' jobs of the future.
'Helping couples green their weddings is extremely important,' states Harrison. 'The average wedding produces more than 400 pounds of garbage and 60 tons of CO2 (which contributes to global warming). When taken together, the impact from these events is staggering.' She adds, 'Having a green wedding is a great way for a couple to make their day more unique and meaningful and The Green Bride Guide makes incorporating eco-friendly elements a snap.'
