On Saturday 10 May we held a fair trade event in Brighton to celebrate World Fair Trade Day, at which Greg Valerio of Cred Jewellery gave a talk about the future for Fair Trade gold and diamonds.
A month on (where has the time gone?!), we thought it was about time we let you know how it went… although I’m afraid we [...]
I was engaged on 29 February after proposing to my H2B. It wasn’t exactly planned, so there were no rings exchanged on the said day. In fact, we had no idea how to go about things. So after the initial shock/excitement of deciding to get married, we set about trying to find a ring.
I guess [...]
We are really excited about our World Fair Trade Day event this Saturday 10 May!
Greg Valerio of Cred Jewellery is going to be telling us all about the process of seeking Fair Trade certification for gold and diamonds. So if you’re on the lookout for an ethical engagement or wedding ring, are confused about conflict diamonds [...]
Tim Rhode of Ingle & Rhode, ethical jewellery designers and our featured supplier of the week, shares some practical tips on choosing an engagement ring… over to Tim:
How to choose the right engagement ring?
Choosing a ring can be time consuming, expensive and stressful. So how do you find a deal that will leave both you and your [...]
For today’s post, we’re delighted to present an interview with this week’s featured ethical wedding supplier, ethical jewellery designers: Ingle & Rhode:
Name: Tim Ingle and David Rhode
Location: Piccadilly, London
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
We offer ethical fine jewellery - engagement rings and wedding bands whose provenance we can guarantee. Our gold is [...]
I know we’re in the middle of Fairtrade Fortnight events at the moment but just to confuse you, I thought I’d let you know about an event we’re planning for World Fair Trade Day on Saturday 10 May.
We will be hosting the event with Cred Jewellery and the Sussex Fair Trade Network to raise awareness of [...]
Following on from our post questioning the cleanliness of Canadian diamonds, we have asked Greg Valerio of Cred Jewellery, who are pushing for fair trade diamonds, for his thoughts on the issue. Over to Greg…
Firstly, due to the Kimberley Process the likelihood of someone buying a conflict diamond is now less than 1%.
The only main source [...]
“There are no clean diamonds. Exploring for them, digging them out of the ground and selling them requires sacrifices from the natural environment, from the wildlife and fish that live on it, and from the Aboriginal people who depend on it.” Mining Watch
To open the diamond debate, we have picked up on a thread in the [...]
In the wake of Leo’s film ‘Blood Diamond’, conflict free diamonds have hit the headlines in a big way. No longer is the mention of conflict free carbon met with a blank look and a ‘huh?’. Now it’s a, ‘oh, like in that film…’.
But was the film too little too late? Or have the issues moved [...]
Weddings can impact the environment in all sorts of mysterious ways. Take tree frogs for example.
The other day Phil and I went to watch a presentation all about how the trans-Amazonian highway is changing the rainforest. For the economies of Peru and Brazil to survive in the world market, they need a road to transport [...]