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GEMS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD - 7TH JUNE

Location:

74 Broadway Market, London, UK

Cost:

FREE per person

Duration:

2h

About this experience

GEMS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: A NIGHT OF ETHICAL GEMSTONES WITH BRIAN COOK + JILL URWIN
Wednesday 7th June
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Brian Cook and Jill Urwin


For jewellers, collectors and anyone with a passion for sustainable living to come together, learn, share, and take away some truly meaningful gemstones. 

 

Join SLC and Crystal Clear founder Jill Urwin in conversation with friend and colleague Brian Cook of Natures Geometry.

Brian is owner of the Pyramid Mine in Bahia, Brazil, and has worked with artisanal mining communities since his days as a geology student in the early 1980s. With a passion for people, planet and the the beauty of gemstones in equal measure, Brian became a long-time advocate for sustainable development and began his mission to improve the mining sector.

He designed an 'ideal' mining model that considered factors such as health and safety, regenerative agriculture, organic farming, adding new skills at source with lapidary and bead-making training.

With Jill's help, Crystal Clear became the first partner to help to put the wheels in motion and fund the first part of the initiative. You can also purchase the rough golden rutile points and clusters from this community here at SLC. 

 

Now, for the first time ever, we're giving you the opportunity to buy jewellery grade stones direct from Brian. He has just returned from Brazil and will have high grade cut and polished golden rutile stones of all shapes and sizes, emeralds - both rough and cut/polished, and super rare Paraiba tourmaline stones from the original Paraiba mine.  Jewelers—bring your trading information to take advantage of wholesale prices. 

 

If you care about ethical gemstones and making a differnce in the industry, then this is an evening not to be missed. 

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Brian Cook of Natures Geometry. Brian is owner of the Pyramid Mine in Bahia, Brazil, and has worked with artisanal mining communities since his days as a geology student in the early 1980s. With a passion for people, planet and the the beauty of gemstones in equal measure, Brian became a long-time advocate for sustainable development and began his mission to improve the mining sector.

Jill founded SLC in 2014 and created a space for us all where conscious consumerism, community and personal wellbeing can flourish. She has invested years of work into sourcing products and minerals responsibly, with transparency and clarity, and founded our social enterprise Crystal Clear in 2019. Also an incredible jeweller, our crystal and sustainability guru, blue sky thinker and all-round visionary. She can be found sharing her wealth of knowledge in store, future-proofing/change making with industry leaders, sourcing incredible product and ensuring 5% of all profits go back into Crystal Clear.