Throwing a green party
23.05.12
I love to entertain. In the past six months, I have thrown a
rock star-themed birthday party for my daughter, a Hanukkah party
for four families, an Oscar party for my girlfriends, an elegant
dinner party for eight and numerous coffee klatsches and casual
Sunday night suppers.
I spend weeks planning the menu and decor. I choose a theme,
pore over my cookbooks and shop for decorations. But one thing I
have never thought about, until now, is the environmental impact of
my choices. If it was the dead of winter and I wanted to make a
dessert with raspberries, I would buy the raspberries-never mind
that they were flown in from halfway around the world. And if I had
more people than plates, I would buy plastic plates and
flatware.
I know now that my old way of entertaining was not especially
environmentally friendly. Like many others, I am trying to think
about my carbon footprint. I am trying to waste less. But I was not
sure how to achieve these goals and continue to entertain in
style.
Source: Chicago Parent