Activism

Additional Reading and Links

Here is a sampling of articles featuring Brian Leber.

• “Clean Diamonds”
  Chicago Journal, February 3, 2010
  
  
• “Chicago Company Produces 'Green' Jewelry”
  ABC-TV Chicago, January 29, 2010
  
  
• "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"
  (London) Telegraph,October 1, 2007
  
  
• "Blood Rubies Bankroll Burmese Junta"
  (London) Sunday Times, 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
  www.ruby-sapphire.com
  
  
• Do One Little Thing 
  Professional Jeweler, August 2004
  
  
• Myanmar: Gem Paradise, Human Rights Hell
  Professional Jeweler, May 2004