No dirty gold at Goldsmiths
On a recent sojourn to my local Goldsmith’s jewellers, I was pleased to discover that Goldsmith’s diamonds are all conflict free. I hinted to my partner that perhaps he could buy me an engagement ring from Goldsmiths, but he looked rather concerned, so I have given up on that one. Back to my point, Goldsmith’s acquire all their diamonds through legitimate sources that have no involvement in funding conflicts and all diamonds comply with the United Nations Resolution.
The diamond trade in Africa is financing the activities of a range of rebel groups, causing death and suffering to hundreds of thousands of people and that is apart from the environmental issues of diamond mining in general.
Posted by Dawn Mellowship on May 24, 2007 6:40 PM
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Recently my partner and I have been thinking (well actually dreaming) or moving to the countryside and when we do it would be nice if we could grow our own fruit and vegetables. Unfortunately we are both very lazy when it comes to lawn sprucing and complete garden novices, so to help us out I am planning to purchase 
How’s this for a headline: “Murdoch turns his empire carbon neutral” or this: “Rupert Murdoch buys a hybrid car” Well according to The Independent both of these are true. The owner of News Corporation has turned green! Mr Murdoch is aiming to convert his world-wide operations’ carbon footprint of 641,150 tons a year to carbon neutral by 2010. As well as changing the way his organisation deals with global warming, he has the potential to influence many millions of people through out the world with his media empire. He actually wants to use his media outlets ‘to raise awareness and to stimulate action’. 
On a daily basis we readily slather ourselves in an array of beauty and skincare products containing a cocktail of chemicals. The skin is the largest organ of the body and according to research some of the ingredients in these products can be absorbed into the bloodstream and circulated around the body, causing a range of negative health affects and scares. 
Something amazing is clearly happening if 560 big-wigs in business are attending conferences to cut their carbon emissions. The Low Carbon World Conference held in London last week hosted some top names in UK business including senior representatives from Marks and Spencer, Google Inc. and KPMG. The event closed with 93% of business leaders committing to measure their organisation’s COproduction. 
