Do you wonder what resources it takes to make a single piece of jewelry?

 

Our Mission - Inspiring responsible jewelry practices through education, connection and action

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Education

Ethical Metalsmiths has pioneered and widely shared the Radical Jewelry Makeover - a collaborative effort between makers and market to bring awareness to recycled metals and gemstones. 

Connection

Ethical Metalsmiths connects caring consumers with responsible jewelers.  We have a database of jewelers who work diligently to make jewelry which leaves as little environmental trace as possible. 

Action

Better Without Mercury, a one-of-a-kind opportunity, invites you to chip in to make the Fairmined certified Gualconda Mine entirely mercury free.

 

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Our Vision - We envision a jewelry industry where a beautiful product does not bear a human or environmental toll

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We promote Ethical Jewelry

Producing jewelry responsibly takes commitment, passion, and dedication.

If you are searching for the perfect piece of ethically made jewelry, you have landed in the right place. Our Designer members are leading the industry in sustainable jewelry design.

 

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Way to go Lucy thanks for the great Podcast! #Repost @emstudents with @get_repost ・・・ On your way to SNAG? Listen to this PV PODCAST, and then remember to apply to So Fresh + So Clean, Student exhibition AND Emerging Artist Award!! LINK: https://www.perceivedvaluepodcast.com/ #makeitethical @perceivedvalue @ethicalmetalsmiths @lucyderickson @radicaljewelrymakeover
#Repost @crjconference with @get_repost ・・・ We only have a few spots left for this amazing trip. July 9-19 join us for a whirlwind jewelry and conservation adventure. Email Jess the Jeweler Nomad jesika.hudson@gmail.com www.thenomadjeweler.com @kenyagemjewelleryfair @aweik_ke @moyogems
#Repost @crjconference with @get_repost ・・・ There are a number of reasons to Single Source Gemstones. This article highlights some of the most beautiful and rare gemstones showing their value through rarity. The responsible value from single source gems comes through the transparency of origin which makes it easier to know the mining conditions, social circumstances in the mining community and environmental conditions around the mine. Cut and paste to read Victoria Gomelsky’s article https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/fashion/jewelry-rare-gems-tanzanite.html
Congrats to @betterwithoutmercury on achieving Phase 1!! #Repost @christinatmiller with @get_repost ・・・ We’ve been managing the fundraising for a mercury cleanup project in Colombia at a small-scale gold mine. This week we met the first milestone - raising enough funds to rent an excavator, build a holding tank, line it and begin moving contaminated soil away from a stream. In June, the dry season, the work will begin and we’ll update you on the progress. We still have over $50,000 to raise, so if cleaning up a contaminated site appeals to you, please donate. The link to donate is in the bio above. Thanks!
CALLING ALL DESIGNERS: “Over the past year, @pactworld has partnered with social enterprises @anzagems and @nineteen48_ltd and technology company Everledger to bring this from dream to reality, and now to you. You may remember that we first met these women miners in a collaboration between Pact and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). From that partnership – which focused on gemstone education-- we saw them increase their sales power dramatically, commanding multiples of previous sales prices. But they still faced a market that is structured against them, and maintaining the cycle of poverty. We have co-designed with the miners’ themselves a mine-to-market collaboration called Moyo Gemstones (read about the name here). We are working to empower women miners to work safely, mine better, improve financial security, and create stable, equitable markets for fair trade. They are mining rubies, sapphires, tourmalines and garnets in a range of specifications. We’ll be using blockchain technology to track and trace the stones from their hands to your customers. The reason I write to you is because we would love to hear from you! The first sales date (“market day”, as we’re calling it) is in May 2019 and we need to know what types of gemstones, and how many (!) you may be interested in ordering. The points of sale for loose stones will be ANZA and Nineteen48. If you are interested in purchasing, please contact them (see information below). If you are interested in participating in a coordinated “launch” of these stones for the jewelry sector (to occur between August and October), please visit our website here for ways that Pact may be able to support you with content. We list all designers and jewelers using Moyo Gems on the moyogems.com website, so some free publicity for you! How to order You can order through two trading partners:  ANZA Gems or Nineteen48 ANZA Gems: Contact Monica Stephenson monica@idazzle.com or Meghan Deese meghan@anzagems.com ;  Website:  www.anzagems.com Nineteen48: Contact Stuart Pool  stuart@nineteen48.com ;  Website:  www.nineteen48.com www.moyogems.com. The biggest way anyone can support is to buy it!” -@cristina.rocks thank you!!
#Repost @radicaljewelrymakeover with @get_repost ・・・ Congratulations to @chelseananfeltrowe, @hosannarose, and #KathrynOsgood for winning the @ecu_symposium #RadicalJewelryMakeover design contest! We were so blown away by the amount of amazing work that we had 3 honorable mentions, @jerarosepetal, @kmoor_arts, and @marykaypalazzoart Thank you so much for participating. Winners, please send us your contact information over direct message, so we can get you your @riogrande gift cards! #makeitethical #ethicalmetalsmiths #emstudents #snagmember #ajfishere @susieganch @kdangerk