The Sourced Wrapped: 100th Article Edition

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Fairmined silver bars. Photo courtesy of Will Alderfer.

This article marks our 100th article since we launched The Source in October 2020!!

To celebrate the milestone, we thought we’d organize our “Source Wrapped” article a little differently this year.

One hundred articles is A LOT—if you’re new to our responsible jewelry community, it could be hard to know where to begin! Even if you’re one of our longtime readers, we know scrolling and clicking through a lot of pages can be time-consuming.

We’ve organized our most popular articles into categories that hopefully help you know where to start, learn more about a specific topic, and more easily catch up on your reading.

Fairmined Gold bars. Photo courtesy Alliance of Responsible Mining.

Artisanally-mined gold and silver:

1. Will Alderfer on Fairmined Silver

2. Fairmined Gold vs Fairtrade Gold: What’s the Difference?

3. Colombia's Fairmined Gold Route

4. My Trip to the Fairmined Gold Mines in Peru

5. Can "Recycled Gold" Be an Ethical Gold Source At All?

6. Gold!

7. What Constitutes “Recycled” Gold?

8. Are Fairmined and Fairtrade Gold Elitist?

9. Consumers Don’t Know Gold Problems, but Like “Responsible” Option

10. Meet ASM Gold Traceability Implementer Suzanne Zave

11. How One Small Retailer Is Tackling Responsible Gold Sourcing

Rock Creek Montana Sapphire rough. Photo courtesy of Rachel Hill/Americut Gems.

Responsibly-sourced gemstones:

1. Peter Janowski on a New Community-Oriented Sapphire Mine in Sri Lanka

2. Creating Authentic Meaning: Responsible Crystals in Jewelry

3. The Launch of Moyo Gems: Kenya

4. Fair Trade Gems with Eric Braunwart of Columbia Gem House

5. Ian Bone on Mining and Producing Queensland Australia Gemstones

6. Artisanal Mining and Regenerative Agriculture with Brian Cook (Brazilian Gemstones)

7. Jewelry Journeys with Stuart Pool (Sri Lankan Gemstones)

8. Jewelry Journeys with Amina Egwuatu (Nigerian Gemstones)

9. Jewelry Journeys with Rachel Hill (Montana Sapphires)
   

Diamonds:

1. Brad Brooks-Rubin on the Kimberley Process and Sustainable Development

2. Jewelry Journeys with Jay Moncada

3. Superstition: An Uphill Battle for Diamonds for Peace

4. Much Ado About Russia: Deafening Silence Elsewhere

5. Lab Grown Or Natural Diamonds?

6. The Enemy of the “Better”

7. New Diamond Certification Standard Tracks Sustainable Diamonds

Speakers at the Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference 2023. Photo courtesy of CRJC.

Industry Organizations and Events:

1. NYC Jewelry Week 2022 Highlights

2. Susan Wheeler of Responsible Jewelry Transformative

3. Elyssa Jenkins-Perez and Annie Doresca on BlJC and the I.D.E.A. Program

4. The I.D.E.A Training Program: Creating Inclusiveness, Diversity and Equity for All
   

EM Initiatives:

1. Susie Ganch and the Radical Jewelry Makeover

2. EM’s 2023 Field Trip to Hoover and Strong’s Refinery

3. First Takeaways from the EM Industry Survey
   

Trade Shows and Conferences:

1. Looking Forward: CRJC 2024

2. Chicago RJC 2023: Takeaways and Next Steps

3. Jewelry Conferences Recap 2023

4. How to Get the Most out of your Tucson Experience

5. Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference 2022 Highlights

6. Tucson Gem Show 2022

7. Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference: 2019 Recap

UN SDGS banner. Photo via Adobe Stock.

Jewelry Business:

1. Pitching Your Jewelry: Advice From Experts

2. Starting a Jewelry Business?

3. What's My Climate Footprint? Climate Calculators Can Help

4. BOOK CORNER - a Roundup of Books on Gold and Extractives

5. Ethical Jewelry Reality Check

6. Who’s Responsible? The RJC and the Burden of Proof

7. Pricing - the Hardest Part?

8. Struggling to Stay Open?

9. Detoxing a Jewelry Studio: Start Here

10. How Jewelry Can Support the UN Sustainable Development Goals

11. Can Jewelry Be “Sustainable?”

12. What on earth is in that pickle pot?

13. CRITICALSMITHS Research Series: Pickle

14. Can We Trust Social Media Marketing?

15. The Importance of Sustainability During a Pandemic

16. How Do We Keep Teaching, Learning, Making?
    

Community:

1. Wendy Woldenberg on Earth Centered Jewelry and Community

2. Michelle Nakata-Murray on New Horizons and Lasting Legacies

3. Jalnar Dhanani on Creating Purposeful Jewelry

4. Nadine Marshall on her Gemstone Faceting Journey

5. Marvin Wambua on Gemstone Cutting and Education in Kenya

6. Friend of a Friend: Amanda Li Hope

7. Friend of a Friend: Anna Loucah

8. Susan Crow on Traceability and Design

9. Jennifer Dawes on Being an Eco-Conscious Creator

10. Andrea Jose Castro: Friend of a Friend

11. Lisa Rothwell-Young: Friend of a Friend

12. Meet Nihma Oduniyi, Founder of The Lagos Jewelry School

13. Zulaikha Aziz, Your New “Friend of a Friend”

14. Jewelry Journeys with Emily Phillippy

15. Saskia Shutt, Friend of a Friend

16.  Jewelry Journeys with Robin Gambhir

17. In the Spotlight: Bridget Kennedy

18. Friend of a Friend: Donna Distefano

19. Friend of a Friend: Amina Egwuatu

20. Jewelry Journeys with Christina Miller
    

We are super grateful for your support each year and hope to continue publishing insightful, practical, and empowering content. We’d love to hear about topics you are interested in us writing about—contact our editor-in-chief Chloe Beaumont at eic@ethicalmetalsmiths.org 

Happy Holidays from everyone at The Source!

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