Walking to the wedding

We were talking to a Brooklyn Bride last week who wants to have her ceremony in the park, and I mentioned that one of my colleagues lived by the park, and could walk to the wedding. The bride was delighted, as they are trying to reduce their carbon footprint for the wedding in as many ways as possible.

New York has easy public transport - all of us could have gotten to the park by subway/ bus, though it was great that we could have walked. Perhaps when you're picking a wedding site, start by drawing a circle on the map, and see how central you can make the site - plan how people can get there.

We have written a lot of other posts about having your wedding in a park, a national park, a cooperative farm, a historic site, lots of places that need preserving - but of course you have to get the guests TO the site, whether you hire a non-polluting bus, or find some other mass transit method. So some basic other considerations for a low-footprint wedding might be:
* Have the ceremony and reception at the same place
* Have the event at your home (or a friend's home with a bigger backyard)
* Have the wedding during the daytime - less energy
* Bus pool, car pool, transit pool
* Have the wedding party take the bus, subway, streetcar - gives other commuters the same idea! Saw a great bride and groom on the subway last week - bride in petticoats and tiara and full regalia. Everyone loved it!