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Finally in this popular month for getting married, a look at white weddings that are going green. Eco- friendly concerns have now become a big part of the big day for many couples, here is NBC's chief environmental affair correspondent Ann Thompson. For Christie and Joshua, being green is a way of life. They buy organic, he bikes to work. She tends a garden of native plants that they water from a rain barrel.

So it is no surprise that on their wedding day, their love for each other would reflect their love for the earth. When we first preplanning our wedding, we didn’t even know of the term green wedding. We just wanted to have our friends together and do it in a sustainable way.

Starting with their invitations on recycle paper. Rings of recycle gold. Pesticide-free followers. And add the reception an organic menu. Fair trade wine, biodegradable utensils even solar powered music. If you like to play in it, you'd like to be in it, and then there is a responsibility for helping maintain it. A walk down the aisle, leaves a significant carbon footprint. The average wedding creates 14 and a half tons of carbon dioxide, that’s 2 tons more than the average person does over an entire year. The 70 billion dollar a year weeding industry offers many shades of green. There are websites to help you find everything form eco-friendly gowns, diamonds to honeymoons and your first house. 6 years ago when J P started his company organic bouquet.com, weddings were just a tiny fraction of his business. Now we get calls everyday from brides and event planners and florists who want organic followers for their weddings. The industry insists this is not a fad, going green is becoming as much as a tradition as have something borrowed and something blue .

But beauty has its price. Wedding planner say going green can add 10-20% to the average wedding which already costs nearly 28 thousand dollars. So how does a couple balance their budget while being kind to the earth? Christie says it’s about trade offs. Organic food is a little bit more expensive, but the dress that I bought it’s a sundress that I can wear over and over and over again. And that was less expensive. Christie and Joshua’s wedding on this their most special day, a reflection of the values they live everyday. Ann Thompson, NBC NEWS, Minneapolis.