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WASHINGTON – When Jan Tievsky found out her daughter was engaged, she wasted no time planning a wedding that cut down on waste.
“Being as green as possible is important to us. It’s pretty much how we’ve always lived,” says Tievsky, a teacher and Northwest D.C. resident.
Tievsky and her daughter sat down and thought through all of the individual pieces of a wedding — from the invitations, to the dress to the food.
“We took every aspect and said,