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WEDDINGS OF THE FUTURE – THE ECO-CONSCIOUS COUPLE Everyone is making changes to go green, and the wedding industry is no different. We’ve got a few ways you can reduce your carbon footprint by reimagining some traditional wedding practices! Here are our tips for Sustainable Weddings. The Invites Wedding websites and apps with E-Invites are quickly becoming the norm. If going paperless isn’t a complete solution for you, using less paper is totally doable! Print your invites at a local shop that carries recycled paper and mail physical invites only to those who would most appreciate them. The Flowers Most flowers are shipped in from around the world and their carbon footprint can be huge! Talk your florist about creating arrangements with locally sourced flowers. Or consider a silk flower bouquet. They’re beautiful, never wilt, and can bought and sold multiple times! The Venues You can’t always help how eco-friendly your venue is, but you CAN choose a venue to host both your ceremony and reception. That’s less travel for you and for the guest list, and that’s a smart way to think green. The Photos Before hopping in the limo and touring around for wedding party photos remember this: The less you travel, the smaller your carbon footprint. If your venues aren’t appropriate for photos choose somewhere you can get all your pictures done in one place.
The Food Step one: Choose a menu that can be sourced locally. Step two: Talk to your caterers to ensure they’re sourcing their meat and veggies locally. Going local with your menu isn’t just a green choice, but local meats and veggies are fresher and taste better! The Drink If you’re in Canada and had to guess which wine has less of a carbon footprint: The one from BC or the one from Spain… the choice is obvious. Locally, or at least domestically, produced drink is usually the greener choice. The Favours Consider sending your guests home with a sapling. As they grow and mature like your love for one another, each tree can absorb more than 1 ton of carbon in its lifetime! Or keep things single and donate on behalf of each guest to a charitable eco organization such as TreeCanada.Org Having a sustainable wedding doesn’t mean trading in a limo for a Tesla. Making simple changes to go green and offset your carbon footprint is gift you give yourself that you won’t forget.
Matt Fossey is a 37-year-old Entertainment Entrepreneur and a father of 2 (Madisen and Oliver). Matt has been active in the Western Canadian entertainment industry for over 20 years, and he got his start in the entertainment industry in the broadcast radio business in 2002 after formal training in broadcast arts from NAIT in Edmonton. After working his way through the radio business hierarchy in multiple Western Canadian cities and stations, he struck out into the wedding, banquet, and party DJ business as a partner in an entertainment business that became a major player in the wedding and entertainment space in Alberta. He was the managing partner and President of this business responsible for its significant growth within the province until May of 2020 when he went out on his own and formed his own company, Matt Fossey Entertainment. As the President of Matt Fossey Entertainment Matt has been very successful in making his namesake business a major force in the Edmonton Andrea industry segment despite the challenges that Covid -19 has brought to the wedding, banquet, and party business. Matt is a multi-genre DJ and audio/video producer/engineer with many years of experience. Involved in both audio and video productions Matt was awarded a major industry award (2012 Stylus DJ award for video editing). Matt is a multi-talented industry expert and has become an expert branding professional with excellent business development and marketing skills. After the challenges presented by Covid-19 and the detrimental effect the restrictions had on the traditional wedding, banquet, and entertainment business, Matt saw the opportunity in the live video streaming segment and has been able to pivot to support the funeral industry and has become the preferred supplier/vendor for several major funeral business' in the Edmonton area. Matt is excited for the opportunity that remains to be developed in the Edmonton and area in the entertainment industry. For more information about Matt and the capabilities of Matt Fossey Entertainment, please contact Matt at: info@mattfosseyent.ca (780) 965-5657 www.mattfosseyent.ca
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