Royal Wedding will be a Green Wedding (ask donations to charity instead of gifts)

[LynneSin]

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/22313

A Green Wedding for Prince William and Kate

The royal wedding taking place this week in England will follow in Prince Charles's green footsteps.

All the paper used for the wedding is recycled or FSC-certified, as is the building's scaffolding; renewable energy will partially power the event and the remaining carbon emissions will be offset. One of the beneficiaries will be the Earthwatch Institute.

The food will be locally grown and sustainably sourced and the flowers will be seasonal. The wedding cake will be made from locallly sourced, organic ingredients. It's been rumored that Kate will wear a Fair Trade wedding ring.

And guests are being asked to donate to charity instead of buying wedding gifts

Sau what you will about the Royals, one of Prince Charles' biggest causes is green technology - to the point that he has been invited to speak about it in public. It's nice to see Will & Kate taking up Charles favorite cause by making sure their wedding is also green.

[Ship of Fools]

1. hear, hear

never been into this royal wedding thing, but it's nice to see a truly 21st century couple in there with truly 21st century sensibilities.

[LynneSin]

2. They get it from Will's Dad

Diana was always known as the one with all the noble causes (AIDs, Land Mines) but Prince Charles has a few Noble Causes too especially when it comes to keeping Mother Earth alive for future generations. He is the inspiration for all the choices these 2 kids made with their wedding.

BTW, Prince Charles runs his car on Bio-ethanol
http://www.greentechnolog.com/2010/01/prince_charles_runs_aston_martin_on_bioethanol.html
Prince Charles, the U.K.'s version of Al Gore, has taken another step in a green direction: his 1970 Aston Martin DB6 has been converted to run entirely on bioethanol ... fuel ... made from a white wine produced near the prince's Highgrove Estate, itself a showcase for organic farming ..."

[LiberalEsto]

3. Hmmmm. I wonder....

When he told Camilla he wanted to be her tampon, was it an ORGANIC tampon?