Giving Back
Sign Too Precious to Wear’s Coral Pledge
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Coral is a precious natural resource on which much of the earth’s life depends. Unfortunately, it is also being killed and eroded at an alarming rate, posing a threat to all manner of marine life. Corals are suffering from over-fishing, gas exploration, invasive species, pollution, climate change and consumer demand for home décor items [...]
Child Mining in Sierra Leone
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009The battle against brutality in Sierra Leone’s diamond fields continues. In theory, the Sierra Leone government now controls the diamond fields and oversees mining labor. In reality, however, there are more than 200,000 desperately impoverished people illegally working the fields every day for a pittance, and many of them are children. Despite the aims of [...]
Brilliant Earth Donates to Stop Child Labor in Mines
Friday, January 30th, 2009Brilliant Earth is proud to announce our recent donation to the Diamond Development Initiative’s Tukudimuna Child Labor pilot program. The program works to get Congolese children out of diamond mines and into higher education and better economic opportunities. Our donation of $10,000 will sponsor the enrollment of 108 children, from the Democratic Republic of the [...]
Introducing Brilliant Earth’s New Website Features
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008In our continuing effort to provide as much detail as possible about the origins of our ethically sourced jewelry, we’re excited to announce the following recent additions to our website.
Colored gemstone mining is often conducted unscrupulously and in a manner that damages the environment and creates adverse labor and living conditions for miners and local [...]
Update on Brilliant Earth Scholarship Recipients
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Brilliant Earth recently teamed up with the Institute of Gemology of Madagascar (IGM) to fund two full scholarships for disabled students to learn the art of gemstone cutting, or lapidary. The program not only provides much-needed skilled job training to worthy candidates, but benefits Madagascar’s long-term development by boosting the country’s fledgling gem-cutting industry.
Our two [...]