15 Easy Ways to Eco-Entertain this Spring!

Like everyone, the 2EcoChics love to party!  One of our favorite times of year to throw a get-together is during is the spring, where we can enjoy the outdoors before the summer heat makes us wilt.  Springtime entertaining is also great way to celebrate the season, while reducing your impact on the earth. EcoChics Earthwear has put together a list of easy ways to green your party, and be a fabulous eco-entertainer:

1.   Save a tree and use an evite for inviting your guests rather than mailing a paper card.  Or make a phone-call to invite them and find out if they can come at the same time.

2.   Suggest that your friends carpool to your party to reduce greenhouse gases from car emission.  Make it easy by giving out the names and phones numbers of guests who live near each other.

3.   Prepare your yard and flower beds by using an acetic vinegar preparation to get rid of weeds, instead of a toxic chemical.  EcoChics Earthwear likes to set up a table underneath a shaded tree or near a pretty garden.

4.   Plant rosemary in your yard or buy potted rosemary to act as a natural mosquito repellent.  Pots can be placed around the table for an added natural decoration.

5.   Look in thrift shops or yard sales for fun, unique plates.  If they don’t match, it just makes the table more interesting.

6.   Use reusable cloth bags when food shopping for the party.  Plastic bags can take as long as 1,000 years to break down!

7.   Buy snack foods like grains, nuts, and candies from bulk bins at the organic market.  These items cut-back on plastic packaging and the chemicals used to manufacture it.  Serve locally-grown, organic food for your main course. 

8.   Wear sustainable clothes to the party, like EcoChics Earthwear organic cotton T’s and tunics. Look eco-fabulous, while helping the planet.

9.   Don’t use single-use tins for food.  Instead choose inexpensive platters and dishes from consignment shops. Encourage your guests to do the same if they are bringing a favorite dish.

10. Put brightly-colored, labeled laundry baskets out near the dining area to encourage composting and recycling among your guests.

11. Decorate and light your table with soy or beeswax candles, rather than stringing electric lights to save energy.

12.  Don’t use paper napkins and instead, cut up old flannel shirts and make cloth ones.

13. Use compostable, disposable cups for your guests, with their name written on it, to cut back on unnecessary replacements.

14. Pack up leftovers for you and your guests to reduce wasted food.

15. Give parting guests plant seedlings in mini-clay pots to take home and plant.