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Wow, this is…interesting!
We’ve written many times on this blog about ethical jewellery and the environmental and social impact of gold and diamond mining, and have told you all about the jewellery designers trying to make a difference.
But this is something else! Spotted on Springwise, we learn that none other than Wal-Mart has launched an ethical jewellery [...]

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 [...]

I’ve had a long absence from this blog… while I enjoyed my wedding and my month long honeymoon!
 
Everything was a huge success and Phil and I enjoyed every minute of our day. So here’s a little list of the best and the worst of our green successes and failures, for anyone who is planning to [...]

Our featured supplier this week is a familiar name to followers of ethical fashion.  Fifi Bijoux designs luxury ethical jewellery and features regularly in the weekend papers’ sustainable style guides (yesterday’s Times ‘Style’ magazine, for example) while also being recently shortlisted for an Observer Ethical Award.
Describing her products as ‘an intoxicating blend of conscience and luxury’, Vivien Johnston, [...]

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 [...]

Wow… I just received Cred Jewellery’s Spring 2008 newsletter and out of curiosity clicked on the link to US website, The Consumerist, where they were debating the recent Reuters article on Cred’s efforts - working with the Fairtrade Foundation and the Association for Responsible Mining - to find a way to certify gold as ‘Fairtrade’ by [...]

Last night we took the plunge and ordered our rings from www.greenkarat.com… so now we can’t wait to see them and report back to you all what recycled gold actually like.
Rings from GreenKarat each have a ‘Green Assay’: a list of the green credentials of that particular ring, including the recycled metal content, details of [...]