In The News
Selected Feature Articles and Press Releases On Reflective Images
Easing into green - a major feature on Reflective Images as a Green Pioneer. National Jeweler Network, May 2008.
Love and Sex: Inner Shine - the film Blood Diamonds helped spur media interest and public awareness about conflict diamonds. But the "ethical jewelry" movement extends beyond one region and one gem. Santa Fe Reporter: February 2008.
Aura Magazine interviews Marc Choyt - on Fair Trade and Ethical Sourcing Issues
A feature article on Reflective Image's FRE System of transparent sourcing
Making a Difference - "doing good for the world can do a world of good for business" Reflective Images and Fair Trade Jewelry. Modern Jeweler: Jan 4, 2007.
Reflective Images is recognized by IDEX magazine as a "Vanguard of Responsibility."
Paying well pays off for jewelry company Reflective Images - "as Marc Choyt and Helen Chantler see it, giving employees good benefits isn't just a nice thing to do: It's good business." New Mexico Business Weekly: Jan 7, 2005.
Jewelry Business Prospers in Circle - "after nine years of operation, Choyt is proud that the company follows a circular design in which each employee in the 12-person company shares responsibility for its continued growth." Albuquerque Journal: Nov 30, 2004.
Recent Press Releases
Reflective Images Is Honored As A Business of the Year by the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jewelry Design Firm Switches to Fair Trade Suppliers - Reflective Images is recognized for their Fair Trade policy in the jewelry industry's leading trade publication and website. JCK Online, March 2, 2007.
Reflective Images converts to 100% recycled precious metal in all production - Modern Jeweler, January, 2007.
Reflective Images is welcomed as a stakeholder in the Association of Responsible Mining - a pioneering initiative to develop a framework of transparency and responsibility for small scale artisanal mining.
Recent Articles On Ethical Sourcing Issues
Fair Jewelry: Making a Difference from Mine to Market - at a summit in Washington, jewelry retailers, miners and NGOs discuss what is means to source ethically. Major feature article, authored by Marc Choyt, President of Reflective Images. Modern Jewelry, Jan 2007.
Sorting Out The Truth In The Marketing and Selling Of Conflict Free Diamonds
On How Mining in the Northwest Territory Impacts People and the Wild
Fair trade gold and the Politics in the Jewelry Sector - in the emerging market for fair trade jewelry, who is going to benefit? Will it be the large scale mining companies and the retailers who are already rebranding their activity as “sustainable” with the support of fair trade labeling organizations? Or will the fair trades uses their fair trade tax to support the small scale artisanal miner in poor developing countries that truly need help?
A 100 Year Lament - the macro history is simple. Colonial powers divided Africa, creating states. Resources were mined and exported. Tribal societies were fragmented in the march of progress toward the new world order...
Is There Such A Thing As Fair Trade Jewelry? a seminal article published by Marc on fair trade jewelry in October, 2007.
Inuits On Greenland struggle for their rights to mine ruby - a fairjewelry.org exclusive. To read more about the Greenland ruby, visit here.
Fair trade models in the colored gemstone trade: - an examination of what is out there currently.
The New Physics of Ethically Sourced Jewelry - how a piece of jewelry is made makes a difference!
Wedding Ring Articles
Understanding Celtic Wedding Rings - a brief description of the origin and symbolism of Celtic Wedding Rings.
Understanding the meaning of Celtic Knotwork - the Universal Meaning of Celtic Knotwork.
How To Buy A Celtic Wedding Ring - tips on buying a Celtic wedding ring.
Creative and Alternative Weddings - a brief look at traditional and creative weddings.
Conflict-Free Diamonds - an Ethical Wedding Choice.
The Rules of Engagement - betrothal and the Engagement Ring.
Sacred Geometry and Wedding Ring Symbolism - one of the central features of sacred geometry is that the shapes, symbols, and patterns are created by the repetition of simple mathematical rules.
All About Birthstones
Travel Articles Of Interest
A Pilgrimage to Cambodia - the trip to Cambodia was quite moving. Everyone who showed us around had personal accounts of the Kamir...losing half their families. The stories were heart rendering.
Sri Lanka After The Tsunami - after the tsunami of 2005, we traveled to Sri Lanka and helped with reconstruction.
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