ARTICLES AUTHORED BY BRIAN LEBER

• Can a Burma Ban Make a Difference?
  Supporting a Ban: The Ethical Choice
  Modern Jeweler Magazine, February 2008
  
  
• A More Farsighted Approach to Burma
  The Irawaddy, September 2005
  
  
• Reaching the End of "Business as Usual"
  Professional Jeweler, May 2005
  
  
• Colored Stones with a Conscience
  humanrights.org, February 2005
  
  
• Do One Little Thing
  Professional Jeweler, August 2004
  
  
• Banned: Burma Gems in the Crossfire
  Ruby-Sapphire, October 2003
  
  
• Burma: Conflict Ruby
  Modern Jeweler Magazine, September 2003

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• An International Perspective: Natural Resource-Based
  Economies in the Coral Triangle
  (June 2009, Capitol Hill Oceans Week, Washington DC)
  
  
• Chicago Public Radio, Worldview hosted by Jerome McDonnell. Interview with Brian Leber, Aug 7, 2008
  
  
• Chicago Public Radio, Worldview hosted by Jerome McDonnell. Interview with Brian Leber, Dec 4, 2007
  
  
• Burma, Sanctions, and Gemstones
  (November 2007, US Congressional Human Rights Caucus, Washington DC)
  
  
• Greenwashing
  (November 2007, Foresight Design, Panel Discussion)
  
  
• What is Ethical? The Jewelry Dilemma
  (October 2007, Washington DC)
  
  
• The Hope of Responsibility; Ethics, Issues and the Jewelry Industry (March 2007, Washington DC)
  
  
• Fair Trade: Is It Just an International Issue?
  (March 2006, Foresight Design, Panel Discussion)
  
  
• Diamonds & Conflict: A Search for an Ethical Solution
  (February 2006, DePaul University, Lecture)
  
  
• Advocacy trip to Washington DC with Dr. Cynthia Maung of the Mae Tao Clinic (November 2005)
  
  
• Ethics and the Diamond Trade
  (November 2005, DePaul University, Lecture)
  
  
• Burma: The Case for Sanctions
  (February 2004, AGTA Tucson, Arizona Gem Conference)