They shall be remembered forever They shall be alive forever They shall be speaking forever The people shall hear them forever WB Yeats The deep darkness and ever-present horror of the American genocide of the First Nations of California during the gold rush of the 19 century colours everything. The following reflections on the Sierra

A quick post for everyone who is following the progress of the Fairtrade Gold Pilots projects in east Africa (see link below). An excellent article in The Guardian on a recent visit to some of the pilots projects in Tanzania. This is a living illustration of why we need the jewellery trade, industry and and

Just  a quick post to update everyone on progress here in Kenya and our destination Fairtrade Gold project. Since the beginning of the year I have been working with Julius Opiyo and the Migori County Artisanal (MICA) miners COOP to begin the walk towards Fairtrade Fairmined certification. MICA have mad excellent progress this year, having