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The mainstream jewellery industry is finally getting ethical. We reported back in April that the Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO) and the Association of Responsible Mining (ARM) had launched Fairmined and Fairtrade standards for gold and precious metals. Now the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG) is putting together an ethics working committee to help connect socially [...]

Just a quick post to let you know you’ve got 1 week left to take advantage of the great special offer Leblas has put together for Ethical Weddings. Until 22 August – generous souls that they are - they’re giving us 20% off their entire collection. So if you spot a ravishing ring you’d like for your [...]

Chocolate Couture has extended their special offer on Ethical Bond wedding rings to 31 May. Just pre-order a pair of 3mm width, 14 Carat Gold Ethical Bond©- Wedding rings by 31 May 2010 and pay for only one: £295.00 Available in white or yellow gold. To take advantage of this offer, email sales@chocolate-couture.com with the [...]

We’re delighted to report that Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) have launched the first ever third party independent certification for gold, opening up market opportunities for millions of impoverished artisanal small-scale miners and their families. This means that by the time you say ‘I do’ you could be [...]

With St Valentine waiting just around the corner anxious suitors are getting ready to seize the day and pop that all-important question. But what to pop it with? And what to tie the knot with once it’s been popped? How can we find engagement and wedding rings that share the love a little? Well we [...]

Happy New Year! We hope you’re having a fun 2010 so far and not too put out by the snow if you’re in the UK.  At least it looks festive! We’re kicking off the New Year with a special offer on ice of a different sort – the kind you might find sparkling on your [...]

Hello! In part 1 I shared about our last-minute preparations, so here is how the actual wedding ceremony went. Seasonal wedding flowers The church was beautiful, we found a florist who was a friend of my parents, and who was sympathetic to our green ideas. She sourced flowers and greenery as seasonally as possible, including [...]

Yes, suddenly there are less than 7 days before our wedding.  I have been meaning to write here for weeks, but all of a sudden life took over!  I have been ill and had to resort to antibiotics, and that was definitely NOT in my plan. So, now feeling better and the sun is shining.  [...]

There’s really not long to go now – just as soon as we’d got used to thinking of the wedding as being a countable number of weeks away it seemed to become days away! So it’s time to start pulling everything together. The food Our last visit home turned out to be reasonably relaxed – [...]

The Green Queen shares a wedding rant today as her hunt for secondhand – or antique – wedding bands turns out to be a little more tricky than she’d hoped… Today Mark and I went wedding band shopping.  As I mentioned in my previous post about wanting a green wedding, we were looking for antique [...]