I shop our farmers market, eat organic, hunt for my meat, and use my company as social entrepreneurial venture. Yet my daily activities continue to drain resilience from our biosphere. Hidden externalities in supply chains make alignment between values and actions next to impossible. I muster the courage to face my participation in the collective

The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) is happy to announce that FAIRMINED metals are now available to ethical jewelers in North America through FairSources, the recent joint venture between the Fair Trade Jewellery Company (Canada) and S&P Trading (Gold by Gold group — France). The availability of FAIRMINED Gold on the North American market represents

Introductory Comments:  In January, 2009, I visited the home ground of a model economic project in a traditional jewelry-making village about a half-hour by taxi from the colonial silver town of Taxco, Mexico.  We were most graciously hosted by lovely old lady who graciously provided a sleeping place and served us up an astonishingly delicious