• Jewelers Speak Out Against Pebble Mine
  (KDLG Public Radio Alaska, February 2008)
  
  
• Signs of Slump at Gem Sale in Myanmar
  (New York Times, Nov 16, 2007)
  
  
• Myanmar's Rubies: Bloody Colour, Bloody Business
  (Reuters, October 4, 2007)
  
  
• World Ruby Sales Bankroll Burma's Regime
  (Telegraph UK, October 1, 2007)
  
  
• Blood Rubies Bankroll Burmese Junta
  (Sunday Times UK, September 30, 2007)
  
  
• Fairly Beautiful
  (Bride's Guide, 2007)
  
  
• Critics attack Myanmar's 'blood gem' auctions
  (Agence France Presse, October 2006)
  
  
• The Good Shopper
  (O, The Oprah Magazine, September 2006)
  
  
• Baubles with a Conscience
  (Chicago Magazine, August 2006)
  
  
• Local Jeweler Goes Above and Beyond
  (Chicago Tribune Redeye, August 24, 2006)
  
  
• Ethical Jewelry
  (Chicago Public Radio Worldview with Jerome McDonnell, July 6, 2006)
  
  
• With This Ethical Ring I Thee Wed
  (New York Times, April 6, 2006)
  
  
• Co-op America's Living Green: Greening Your Wedding
  (Conscious Choice, April 2006)
  
  
• Some Gems Free of War, Injustice
  (Columbia News Service, April 30, 2006)
  
  
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  (Wall Street Journal, February 4 2006)
  
  
• Socially Conscious Commitment Rings
  (Utne, November 17, 2005)
  
  
• Gems vs Conflict Diamonds
  (Conscious Choice, April 2005)
  
  
• Banned! Burmese Gems in the Crossfire
  
  
• Do One Little Thing 
  (Professional Jeweler, August 2004)
  
  
• Myanmar: Gem Paradise, Human Rights Hell
  (Professional Jeweler, May 2004)

Press Release 7/29/08:
Burma Gem Sanctions Signed into Law

Press Release 02/11/08:
Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Statement

Press Release 10/10/07: Burmese Gem Ban

Diamonds: No One's Best Friend? A look at the nagging question of conflict-free diamonds.

Conscious Choice, May 2004
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