Eco Wedding Bands by greenKarat
Monday, September 22, 2008
It seems everything is undeniably "green" these days, from cars to shopping bags to...wedding rings? Yes, now even wedding rings are eco. How?greenKarat takes pieces of jewelry and refashions them into new pieces. This is such a great idea because it helps save the environment from people who would destroy the earth trying to mine more and more reserves of gold.
Couples enroll in the myKarat(R) registry to collect unwanted and broken jewelry from family and friends. greenKarat refines the gold from that jewelry and uses it to make their new wedding rings.
The program provides an intimate connection for everyone donating gold, while providing the couple with heirloom keepsakes. The wedding rings, made with sentimental gold, are imbued with the love of their new extended family.
As an added bonus, they receive credit for the value of the gold which is gathered. That credit reduces the cost of the rings.
"Everyone has a piece of jewelry lying around which they don't wear," says greenKarat President Matthew White. "Recycling those pieces for a betrothed couple is romantic, eco-friendly, and financially savvy. We refer to that as A Marriage of Values(R)."
greenKarat is a pioneer in developing ecologically responsible wedding bands, a green wedding trend which is now finding widespread acceptance. A focal point of its mission is ending the environmental damage caused by gold mining, demand for which is driven mainly by jewelry sales. All of greenKarat's designs are made with recycled metal, with an emphasis on post-consumer gold. For more information visit http://www.greenkarat.com/
Source + Photo Credit: greenKarat
Labels: jewelry, ready-to-wear
posted by The Mom Salon Editors @ 12:00 AM,
1 Comments:
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At September 23, 2008 3:07 PM,
Suzan St Maur said...
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Interesting stuff about "green" wedding bands."
I thought you might be interested to know that my latest book, “How To Get Married In Green: have an eco-friendly wedding without compromising on style,” was published in North America last month. It goes into a lot of detail on your eco-friendly options across the board … including some useful ideas on green wedding jewelery.
And many of these can save you money, too.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Get-Married-Green-Eco-friendly/dp/1845282701/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195123385&sr=1-1
…although of course the book is available on all Amazons, not just the UK version, and will be in most good book stores.
I also run an associated blog where readers can post questions as comments, or email me with them, about how to make their wedding or other celebration more eco-friendly. I then respond on the blog, FOC of course! That’s here:
http://www.HowToGetMarriedInGreen.blogspot.com
So please, send your questions my way - if you prefer to email them to me directly, go suze at suzanstmaur dot com.
With all good wishes
SUZE
