by Melinda Bailey | Nov 25, 2019 | Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Ideas, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
If you are in the market for a diamond engagement ring (or other diamond jewellery), the option of buying lab-created diamonds may be on your radar. Before about 2017 they barely rated a mention, but now in the early 2020s they’re commonplace in the mainstream... 
by Benn Harvey-Walker | Oct 23, 2019 | Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Ideas, Industry
Over the past couple of decades, we’ve witnessed what might be described as a tectonic shift in consumer’s attitudes towards concepts like sustainability, environmental responsibility, human rights, Fair Trade and the like. Let’s face it, last century hardly anyone... 
by Benn Harvey-Walker | Sep 12, 2019 | Advice, Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Ideas, Trends
If you’re a fan of the circular economy philosophy, when it comes to jewellery, you might be wondering how you can participate.The idea behind a circular economy is all about creating closed loops where both waste and new inputs are minimised and existing... 
by Benn Harvey-Walker | Aug 16, 2019 | Advice, Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
As demand slumps and prices drop, the diamond industry looks to be heading into a crisis phase — at least that’s what industry insiders are saying. Couple that with increasing competition between mine-origin and lab-created producers and you have a recipe for... 
by Benn Harvey-Walker | May 23, 2019 | Advice, Diamonds and Other Gemstones, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Fair Trade, Industry, Lab-grown Diamond
The rise and rise of laboratory grown diamonds has ramped up competition in the jewellery industry. It has launched a war of words where each side of the natural vs man-made debate is using Climate Change as a club to beat each other about the head.Meanwhile consumers... 
by Benn Harvey-Walker | May 15, 2019 | Advice, Environmental, Ethical Jewellery Issues, Industry
Every morning Melinda and I go for a walk around the neighbourhood to get some exercise and, more importantly, to talk.We discuss all kinds of things. We talk about things that affect us directly, and we talk about a bunch of much bigger issues. Things relating to the...
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