An Interview with Tracey Williams, Trustee for The Canadian National Parks and Wilderness Society. Introduction: Over the past few years, the Canadian diamond industry has branded itself as a perfect “guilt free choice” for the progressive consumer, often to the consternation of those committed to creating benefit through African diamonds. Though no conflict diamonds are

~ By Marc Choyt, Publisher, fairjewelry.org Introduction: This article is for the consumer searching for “ethically sourced” diamonds. Everyone involved in profiting from diamonds, from NGOs who raise the blood diamond issue to their donors, DeBeers, to the average jeweler, markets to a target audience. In the retail sector, issues of quality and price are

Inuit Activist taken to court for collecting rubies on his ancestral land. Nuuk, Greenland (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 — The 16th August Union, a collective representing small scale miners in Greenland, is using the upcoming trials of several of its members, accused of “stealing” rubies from their own Inuit Ancestral land, as a test case