The best way you can cut down on your wedding carbon footprint is supporting local vendors. No matter where you decide to get married, the least amount of travel your vendors do will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of your event (or photoshoot). Not to mention, local vendors know the venues, locations, and the insider scoop the best.

Go completely carbon-free and send your invitations electronically! Create a custom website where your guests can RSVP, and learn the details of your event. If you'd still like to send a physical invitation, consider these options when shopping around. Print on post-recycled paper, or cut down on paper use and work with Zazzle. Their "all-in-one" designs eliminate the need for a separate envelope, and include tear-off RSVP post-card for your guests to send back to you!

Lots of travel goes into getting guests to your wedding venue. Whether they're driving to the ceremony and the reception, or flying on a plane. Offering your guests transportation is a great way to reduce carbon emissions. For example; buses that transport from ceremony to reception, or from a pickup location to your wedding venue. If your guests are flying, encourage them to purchase carbon offsets, to counter the emissions created during their flights.