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.

 

Our Vision

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

 

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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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#Repost @moyogems with @get_repost ・・・ They’ve arrived!!! The gemstones shipment have landed in the USA and Sri Lanka for their next step in the journey to your finger 💗. Some gems are cut locally in Tanzania while others are going to master gem cutters and then onto leading designers, then to jewelers, and onto a new vanguard of consumers. We started Moyo Gems because we were inspired by the women miners of the Tanzanian Women Miners Association ((TAWOMA) and because we wanted to show that a whole new way of sourcing gemstones is both possible and truly beautiful. Do your gems empower miners, women, and communities? Do you know your miner? We sure do 💗 . . . #tanzania #umbavalley #ethicalluxury #responsiblemining #responsiblesourcing #ethicallysourced #ethicallymade #ethicalliving #mining #loosegemstones #loosegems #consciousstyle #consciousconsumer #moyomojo @pactworld @nineteen48_ltd @anzagems @everledger @pact.rocks
#Repost @aweik_ke with @get_repost ・・・ CONFIRMED SPEAKER. We can't be more excited about Robert Weldon's confirmation to speak at the Kenya Gem & Jewellery Fair conference. Yes!!😀😀👏 You sure don't want to miss on this. Weldon will be sharing his diverse experience in the industry. BOOK YOUR TICKET TODAY. https://kgjf.co.ke/ Robert Weldon is the Director of the Library at GIA, Carlsbad, CA, leading a team of 16 librarians and subject matter experts. He also pursues writing assignments, travel to gem localities, gem photography, and public speaking. Weldon has reported extensively on gemological issues. He was a senior editor at JCK, and later Professional Jeweler (USA) magazines, before returning to GIA in 2006. Weldon has traveled widely to some major gem sites around the world including Burma, India, East and South Africa, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, and several other sources. Weldon’s photographs are published in scores of international gemological, jewelry and consumer publications, illustrating his own and other authors’ articles, and in several books, including Splendour & Science of Pearls, which he co-authored and edited, and A Rough Guide for Artisanal Miners. Since 2008, his photographs appeared regularly on the covers of GIA's Gems & Gemology. @crjconference @PactWorld @tsubaagems
#Repost @emstudents with @get_repost ・・・ CALL FOR ENTRY ends SATURDAY!!! Hey! Do you have questions about how to work more responsibly? Have you done something, however small, that considers our environment or your personal health? Do you have an idea you want to try out once you get to build your own studio? There are so many ways you do, or will, #makeitethical ! Just share that with us and apply to the show! @perceivedvalue @ethicalmetalsmiths #EMstudents #sofreshsoclean . . https://ethicalmetalsmiths.org/em-students-call-for-entry
#ethicalmetalsmiths friends at JCK Las Vegas: ・・・ Goofing around with @peggyjodonahue at JCK with @greenland_ruby kissing the Ice-bear. Anyone who says #allworkandnoplay is either not in the right biz or takes themselves too seriously @ethicalmetalsmiths advocates at work-