While respecting the environment, the staff at Chicagogreenlife will help you plan a
wonderful party. Here are some of essentials of green entertaining that we can help you find:
- An event space or natural setting with minimal environmental impact
- Caterers that rely on organic, natural, and sustainable foods, using as many local
products as the season will allow
- Delicious wedding cakes and other deserts made with organic ingredients
- Organic wine produced in sustainable vineyards
- Filtered tap water rather than bottled water produced in another country and
transported to the US
- Invitations and other paper goods that use recycled paper and eco-friendly ink
- Linens washed in biodegradable soaps
- Green cleaning services and recycling/composting services
- Organic flowers from growers who compost plant waste rather than add it to landfills
- Sustainable decorations, such as locally raised flowers or forced bulbs, rather than
exotic flowers flown in from thousands of miles away
- Use of biodegradable paper products
- Environmentally-responsible party favors
- Reliance on hybrid cars and trucks for transport of goods rather than conventional vehicles
- Information about environmentally-friendly hotels and bed-and-breakfast to house
out-of-town guests
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