Mike Angenent, Founder of Open Source Minerals and Jeweltree Foundation, speaks with Marc Choyt, Director of Fair Jewelry Action USA Introductory Comments Those wishing to have a diamond which aligns with the values associated with engagement and marriage often choose Canadian diamonds, despite their impact on the ecology, and the fact that Africa needs the

A press release from Survival International. August 29, 2012: Goldminers in Venezuela have carried out a ‘massacre’ of isolated Yanomami Indians, according to reports received by Survival International. Witnesses of the aftermath described finding ‘burnt bodies and bones’ when they visited the community of Irotatheri in the country’s Momoi region, close to the border with

  Marc Choyt, Director of Fair Jewelry Action USA, muses on current events and responds to letters from ARM and RJC.   In June and July over a hundred and fifty jewelers and civil society members signed the Fair Jewelry Action (FJA) and Ethical Metalsmiths (EM) letter to the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and