Opressive jewellery
The ring on my finger caused many people much pain to create it. I didn’t really know or think about that at the time.
Gold mining is nasty for the earth. Once the ore with gold in it is extracted, it takes 30 tons of ore to obtain 1 ounce of gold! That’s insane!
Diamond mines are not much better, and they often finance war and conflicts with arms.
An option I could have chosen when I got engaged / married was to buy a ring at a pawn shop. It is already in existence and doesn’t increase demand for new materials.
Today, I found a company that will do the research for you, and ‘create’ a new ring to your specifications. Brilliant Earth also lists information on conflict diamonds and dirty gold. Yay for options!
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Magda and Joel chose wooden rings for the reasons you are writing about – they’re beautiful, durable, and Canadian.
C.