Jewellery

Following the success last year of the movie Blood Diamond, consumers are increasingly aware of the role diamonds have played in funding recent wars in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Liberia and Sierra Leone.

A really interesting article from Ingle & Rhode talking about their recent trip to the Jujury region of Arentina where they some of the people who mine their gold along with members of the EcoAndina foundation – a United Nations and NGO-funded mining operation which uses the ‘green gold’ trade to fund sustainable villages and support the local communities of the Puna plateau.