In the summer of 2018, Cassandra Stinn got married in a dress made by a friend, fashioned by fabric she found at a sale. Guests chowed down on food they contributed themselves — potluck-style — using tableware they brought from home.
As co-founders of Saskatoon’s Waste Not YXE group, Stinn and her now-husband, Jesse Selkirk, aim to reduce waste in their daily lives, and their wedding was no exception.
“I think the culture of wedding one-up-man-ship is a generator of waste,” Stinn said. “When you’re engaged and you’re going to friends’ weddings, you see all these little things that you want