The Five Biggest Green Wedding Cliches: Stop Saying...

Speaking as someone who reads a lot about green weddings, I'd say we are beyond the saturation point of green websites, articles, issues, news reports, and TV shows. As Duran Duran might say in their comeback single, it's too much information. And after referring in a recent post to overused phrases in coverage of sustainable weddings, I decided to do a little research. By Googling the first five green wedding cliches that came to my mind, I present you with my very scientific list of the most overused phrases in eco-wedding coverage, from least to most.

1. My big fat green wedding.This phrase was my biggest disappointment a few months back--I thought I coined, it but did a quick search to make sure. Unfortunately, Google says about 129 writers thought the same thing.

2. It's a nice day for a green wedding. This Billy Idol reference hath wrought 583 results.

3. The bride wore green. Something like 970 articles use this phrase.

4. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something green. Maybe you're the editor of Supermarket Lady Magazine, you're planning your green issue, and you want to use this clever title for your wedding article. If you don't mind that somewhere in the neighborhood of 1330 other articles have used it already, go right ahead.

5. Green is the new white. Searching this term on Google gets you about 4,260 results! And backing up what I said above about general green information overload, when you just search "Green is the new" it yields around 297,000 results.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is a great trend. I'll be interested to see how the current rage of green weddings plays out over time; what sticks, what changes get incorporated even into mainstream weddings and event planning.

Can anyone suggest cliches I missed?