Welcome to the March issue of the Ethical Weddings newsletter.

In this Issue:

	Ethical Weddings at the National Wedding Show
	Events on Ethical Weddings
	Wedding planner giveaway!
	Brides like you
	Signing off...

In Other News

Ethical Weddings features in the latest issue of New Consumer and Eve magazine!

Ethical Weddings at the National Wedding Show

It was lovely to meet so many brides and grooms in person at the National Wedding Show last month - a warm welcome to all of you who signed up to this newsletter at the show!

While a rather hectic 3 days, it was a great chance to chat to couples about how they can get green and ethical elements into their wedding plans.  It was also good to speak with other wedding suppliers, a number of whom were quite excited about the idea of offering services for a more ethical celebration.

Promisingly, there was a slight green tinge to the presentations this year with brides being urged to choose seasonal local flowers over flown-in blooms... it's a start anyway!

Events on Ethical Weddings

Don't forget to check our events page where we'll be posting the latest green, ethical and/or wedding related goings-on!

Coming up in the next few months...

• Lesley of Getting Married from the Inside Out will be guiding more couples through the marrying maze with her wedding workshop in Brighton on 5 April
• Greenfinder host the Spring Green Eco Fair in Leamington Spa on 12 April
• The Sussex Fair Trade Network, Ethical Weddings and Cred Jewellery host an all-day event for World Fair Trade Day 2008 on 10 May to include stalls, speakers and debate on the social and environmental issues around gold and diamonds and the road to fair trade accreditation

In the meantime, if you have an event you'd like to tell other Ethical Weddings couples about, just drop us a line.

Wedding planner giveaway!

A big thank you to Sally Steele Weddings who have sent us a copy of their DIY wedding planning DVD to review.

Well who better to review it, we thought, than one of our couples in the midst of ethical wedding planning?

If you fancy the chance to road test it for us, just drop us an email to info@ethicalweddings.com to say:

• why you think it might be useful for your planning
• what your thoughts are on using a professional ethical wedding planner - whether you already are, whether it's something you've considered or if it wouldn't even occur to you

And of course, we'll want to know how it worked for you after the big day! We'll reveal the lucky recipient next month.

Brides like you

One of our most prolific bloggers, Jenny, got married over the Easter weekend - congratulations Jenny!  While she's off enjoying her honeymoon, why not catch up on all her wedding planning posts?

We're also thrilled to welcome 2 new blogger brides on board.  Laura runs Ecoescape (so the honeymoon shouldn't be a problem!) and is planning her green wedding for June 2009 - read Laura's profile.

Diar is based in Indonesia and is already struggling to get friends and family to understand her desire for an ethical wedding.  Please show her your support - read Diar's profile.

It's great to share wedding stories, tips and ideas online but if you're interested in meeting with other likeminded brides - or grooms - in your area face-to-face, let us know as we're keen to start setting up 'bride groups' (open to better name suggestions...) where you can swap wedding planning tales or even tiaras in person!

Signing off...

Well we seem to have waffled on quite enough for this month so we'll leave you to get back to your wedding planning!  See you in April...

Take care,

Katie & Jamie

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