SAN DIEGO, Feb. 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Environmentally-conscious couples are using OurWeddingWebsites.com (www.OurWeddingWebsites.com) for formal, paperless wedding communications to guests to reduce paper consumption, the greenhouse gas emissions used to create, recycle or destroy it, and ultimately, the effects of global warming.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change led by Dr. Susan Solomon released a summary on Friday, February 2 pinpointing, with greater than 90 percent certainty, that humans had become the main force driving warming and that centuries of increasing temperatures and seas could be blunted only if emissions of heat-trapping gases were promptly reduced. (New York Times, February 6, 2007)
By using this electronic alternative for traditional paper invitations, inserts and follow-up postcards, couples can not only contribute to a cleaner planet, but they also get all the benefits a wedding website has to offer.
"We're inviting people from around the world to our wedding, many of whom travel all the time for work. We got the feeling that e-mail and Internet had taken precedent over snail mail for many of our guests, and wanted to support that preference," Scott Constance of San Diego, who is getting married this May, says. "It's faster to communicate this way and much easier to keep track of our guests' RSVPs and travel plans. The most pleasant surprise of all is how much more we've been able to share with our guests about what we're planning, and about our history as a couple...not the types of things that can be easily fit into a tiny paper invitation. Neither of us will get married again...but if we did, we'd do this part exactly the same way."
"By eliminating the need for traditional invitations, inserts and postage-paid RSVP envelopes, the wedding couple and guests are able to make an environmental statement," Katie Simpson, co-owner of OurWeddingWebsites.com, says. "Every little effort each individual can make helps reduce the environmental footprint left by their wedding."
OurWeddingWebsites.com says their goal is to make electronic wedding guest communications the norm, as opposed to the exception.
"We make electronic communications elegant, personal and creative, giving even more life and finesse to a couple's wedding," Erin Feldman, co-owner of OurWeddingWebsites.com, says. "Most everyone has access to the internet and we can use it to make wedding planning easier and more convenient."
About OurWeddingWebsites.com
OurWeddingWebsites.com (www.OurWeddingWebsites.com) is a full-service online wedding communications company which completely designs the couple's site around their tastes, colors and specifications with unlimited number of updates and changes. The website allows the couple to easily share:
* Wedding details * Blogging page included for each website * Customized Save the Date Email * Directions * Travel Accommodations * Registry * Photo albums * RSVP * Webcast of the wedding (including video montage) * Music * Customized information and web pages completely unique to each couple
For more information please visit: www.OurWeddingWebsites.com or call 866-532-6859.