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	<title>Fair Trade Jewelry</title>
	<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org</link>
	<description>Where Ethically Sourced Jewelry Is The Bottom Line</description>
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		<title>Dr. Laura Barreto, Mining And Sustainability Expert, On The Mining Sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction:

&#8220;Part of me likes to believe that CSR is not only a rhetorical or theoretical exercise, but really is changing the way to do business,&#8221;
 writes Dr. Barreto  in an open letter on the Madison Dialogue list server.  Here, she discusses her overview of CSR in the mining sector, as an expert in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/169</link>
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		<title>Investors Spur Gold Corp To Address CSR In Guatemala</title>
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Introduction:  
Here is a press release illustrating the power of share holders to demand Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Gold Corp Inc. ~ Marc
In an unprecedented move Canadian mining firm Goldcorp Inc. has agreed to conduct an independent Human Rights Impact Assessment in Guatemala at the request of Canadian and Swedish shareholders. 
The company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/168</link>
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		<title>Strategies for Targeting the Affluent &#8216;Green&#8217; Consumer by Pam Danziger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pam Danizer is author of &#8220;Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience.&#8221; She writes about the new green luxury customer.

The typical &#8216;green&#8217; consumer is no longer certain to be a fashion-challenged, granola-crunching wearer of Birkenstocks. Today, the consumer looking to go green is increasingly likely to be an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/180</link>
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		<title>Peru Persecutes Indigenous Protestors Of A Toxic Mine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
INTRODUCTION:  
This is the urgent action appeal referenced by Dr. Barrito in the previous post.  Special thanks to Julia Caudros of the organization, CooperAcción  for informing us of this injustice.  

With great concern I have come to learn about the news that 35 Peruvians, defenders of human rights and of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/182</link>
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		<title>George Rodriguez at Hoover and Strong On Momentum For Recycled Metals.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[George Rodriguez is the National Sales Manager for Hoover and Strong, the manufacturer of Harmony Metals, which are 100% recycled.
It was two years ago when I first I spoke with George about my company&#8217;s interest in recycled precious metals.  At that point, the demand was weak. But the momentum has really changed, particularly over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/170</link>
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		<title>Madison Dialogue Manufacturing Committee Procedures:</title>
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Introduction:
This post was circulated internally among the participants of the Madison Dialogue Manufacturing Group before the onset of our discussions. My apologies for posting it out of sequence.
A second document, below this post, states the goals in a simple format. This came out of our dialogues.
What is not mentioned at this early point is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/184</link>
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		<title>Catalina Cock Duque, Chair Person of ARM On Setting Standards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Manufacturing Group of the Madison Dialogue has determined principals and now begins the process of setting standards.
Catalina writes, 
&#8220;We do not think the Madison Dialogue list should be developing standards.  It should continue to do what it was set up to do, that is to serve as a forum for discussion, including feedback [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/181</link>
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		<title>What Makes A Sweat Shop?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior diamond editor for the JCK Magazine, Robert Bates, writes an interesting post about diamond cutting in China after his recent visit there. I have been grateful to Rob’s support of my work and for keeping in touch with me over the past few months.
Here&#8217;s Rob&#8217;s post:

http://www.jckonline.com/blog/870000287/post/370026837.html

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		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/173</link>
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		<title>Brad Choyt, Director of John and Cynthia Hardy’s Green School in Bali, Indonesia</title>
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Introduction:    
John Hardy Jewelry has always been deeply rooted in environmental responsibility as well as an abiding love of Bali.  Last year, John and Cynthia sold the company and immediately started a visionary international school, called Green School, located between Ubud and Denpassar in Bali. My brother, Brad Choyt, was hired [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/167</link>
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		<title>Current Working Draft Of The Madison Dialogue Manufacturing Principles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This document is a result of a dialog between members of the Madison Dialogue manufacturing group.   This current document is the revised version of a previous principle document.  You can read the actual dialogs
Principles represent the broad overarching ethos.  
Our next step will be to create standards.  A standards document [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/177</link>
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