Most of the footage comes from our May trip to the schools and mines in Kono, Sierra Leone. Our friends Amber and Paul helped with the necklace shot. And the music is from Shaddy Baby, straight out of Freetown!
Posts Tagged ‘fair trade’
great first video for the clarity project
September 11, 2011update on responsible jewelry article
March 13, 2010FairJewelry.org has published an update to my “Responsible Jewelry” article. It begins thusly:
In late January, Martin Rapaport wrote that “blood diamonds from Marange, Zimbabwe, have been issued Kimberley Process (KP) certificates and imported into the cutting centers, where they were cut and polished and then sold to dealers, jewelry manufacturers and retailers.” He estimated that “tens of thousands of carats of blood diamonds are now in dealers’ inventories and jewelers’ showcases — and are being actively sold to consumers.” [Read more about Rapaport's criticisms.]
