The Sierra Fund Bi-Annual Conference:   Gold That Regenerates Ecology and Community The Sierra Fund, a small environmental NGO, has been at the forefront protecting and preserving the Sierra Nevadas. Part of their mission has been focusing on addressing the legacy of the California gold rush. Twenty-six million pounds of mercury were brought to the Sierra

Fair Jewelry Action (FJA) is a voluntary, non-institutional network founded by two jewelry activists Marc Choyt and Greg Valerio in 2009. Both have extensive experience in pioneering ethical and fair trade practices in the jewelry industry at a grassroots and international level. Our focus has been researching and commenting on the human rights and environmental

The press release announces a remarkable step forward for the US jewelry market. Through the extraordinary efforts of Ethical Metalsmiths, Hoover and Strong and ARM, jewelers in the US now can easily support ethical small scale miners. The US jewelry market is the largest in the world. Now we have an solid supply chain that