Simply Green Parties: Simple and resourceful ideas for throwing the perfect celebration, event, or get-together

by Danny Seo

Danny Seo's brand is a way of living that embraces certain rules–Be Authentic, Be Resourceful, Be Simple, Be Unexpected, Be Truthful, and Be an Individual. In Simply Green Parties Danny takes these goals and creates projects that are both thoughtful and sustainable while still being stylish and beautiful. He hopes to inspire you to be a dreamer and a doer. The book has essentially 50 quick and simple projects that are split up into themes–Dinner Under the Stars, Baby Shower, Saturday Dinner Party, Housewarming, Beach Party, and Birthday Party. The reader does not need to do all the projects under each party, they can mix–and–match or just choose to do one or two of them.

Genres: Green, Sustainability, Nonfiction, Food

160 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2006

Reviews

[Darby · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the photos/styling of this book. I enjoyed many of the ideas. Seo brings the concept to reduce, recycle and reuse upfront in party planning. Very nice ideas about reusing household items or getting items at thrift stores to repurpose for party decor. Many of the ideas are very chic and can be adapted to fit your needs.

Okay so the bad things....There were some things I didn't get why he felt they were green. I mean there shouldn't be a lot of trash after a green party. And he suggested using bamboo paper plates. Now that is more eco-friendly then the plastic disposable plates or regular paper plates...but what would be even more eco-friendly is using real everyday plates. Getting a plain white porcelain plate - and you can plan any party around that. Or picking up odd sets at thrift stores and mixing and matching is always to me a better choice then paper. He also did bottled water. Plastic bottles of water....I loved what he did with them making flavor waters but why not pitchers of filtered tap water with fruit in them instead of plastic water bottles.

Over all I am glad I read it. I enjoyed it. I am always thinking of ways to be more green and it did give me ideas for that.

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sao has some very nice ideas about reusing household items for party decor, as well as some good ideas about sourcing items from thrift stores. Some of his other ideas though are rather over the top and I don't know anyone with THAT much free time. A few of the ideas are also very cost prohibitive, though most are reasonable. I think that you'd have to have a ton of junk around the house to put together some of his ideas. Some nice ideas, but nothing completely fresh. Check this one out from the library.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're trying to save the environment but love to throw parties, this is a great resource. One big piece people forget in the recycling world is the whole "reuse" bit, and this has some great ideas on how to reuse some common items. I like how the author mentions that he's using stuff that can be found in regular communities, so you don't have to get items at specialty stores.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simply Green Parties was not as useful to me as Simply Green Giving. It did have some great ideas, though.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually used this book to help plan my wedding, and I borrowed quite a few of the ideas from it.

[Carissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a nice little book about different party ideas that loosely center around organic, recycled and green projects. it’s got attractive photos and some unique ideas.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good ideas, but he sort of misses the whole "footprint" thing - doesn't really consider the entire impact of industrial organic and Twizzlers...

[Ame]

Treasure candles!