Cute Hippies

It's probably safe to say that not many other communities are as bombarded with the marriage frenzy as our own little valley, wouldn't you say? Sometimes it's easy to pass by wedding stuff without a thought just because it's always there. In my surfing of the interwebs I almost passed this cool story without another thought because it seemed like just another wedding thing. So glad I didn't. This couple is cool. 
Pete and Andrea are from Washington and they are in love. Cute. They also love the environment. Cute hippies. Just like any of us-cute hippies or no-they don't have a lot to spend on a wedding. They plan on paying for their wedding by collecting and recycling aluminum cans-about 400,000 which equals to about 5 tons of cans over the space of 7 months. From their website here is an explanation in their own words of why they want to do this:

Even simple weddings cost more than a few dollars. We don’t really have much extra cash sitting around, since we’re just starting out. Add that to the fact that environmental responsibility plays a big part in our lives, and we hatched the crazy plan. Pay for the wedding – with recycling. Aluminum recycling is one of the most sustainable and useful forms of recycling. We’re shooting for 400,000 aluminum cans – approximately 5 tons of empty cans. We would like to get married on July 31 – which gives us 7 months to hit the goal.

They're about 20% there. I like these people. I plan on recycling more myself now too. What about you?