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Comment by Shoshana Farber on May 8, 2011 at 9:22pm

The International Colored Gemstone Association's magazine, INColor, has an online edition. Interestingly, they seem to do an "Ethical Mining and Fair Trade" feature article every month - each on different subjects.  You can read the online editions here: http://gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&...

Comment by Shoshana Farber on April 9, 2011 at 8:33pm

This week's issue of NOW had a really interesting article on the "environmental focus" of last meeting of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.  I thought it was especially interesting that the current vice-president of the org (and president-to-be) is also the chief of the Missanabie Cree First Nation and an executive with Noront Resources, a company active in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario.  Read the entire story here:

http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=180025

 

Comment by Shoshana Farber on April 8, 2011 at 1:56pm

Press Release from Jewellers of America re: Conflict Minerals:

http://www.jewelers.org/news/pressroom/pressreleases/detail.php?ID=...

Comment by Heather L. Morigeau on April 2, 2010 at 1:45pm

What a wonderful company! I will add this to my list of trusted companies!
For email news on Green Jewellery send an email to christinedhein@yahoo.com with the title "Green Jewelry News Subscribe"

Comment by Shoshana Farber on March 31, 2010 at 4:05pm

I wanted to add K. Jill Peters' message to the public board! Here it is:

A message from K. Jill Peters to all members of Ethical Metalsmiths Group on Metal Arts Guild of Canada!

hi there!
i wonder if you've heard of wild fish gems? they're an ethically run company based out of sri lanka. another big plus is that all their gemstones are certified untreated - no heat, no radiation, etc... to date i have ordered two stones from them and have been very happy with both :) you can check them out at
thanks for starting this great group!

Comment by MAGadmin on March 1, 2010 at 9:11pm

I watched this just the other day, it really is incredible what they were able to document.

Comment by Shoshana Farber on March 1, 2010 at 2:18pm

I am adding a link (see under Links, top category) to Ryan Taylor's documentary. Ryan recently opened the Fair Trade Jewellery company in Toronto. The documentary is a must-see and is truly inspiring.

Comment by Shoshana Farber on April 8, 2009 at 2:27pm

http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/ThePRICEofGOLD.pdf
http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/gold/larmer-text

Comment by Shoshana Farber on April 8, 2009 at 2:26pm

Thanks Sara! Sorry for the delay. I will load some links and content asap, but here are some to start -

Comment by sara cummins on April 8, 2009 at 2:04pm

I am glad this has started!
Sara Cummins