Today I found some beautiful wedding rings made from recycled gold and silver from the AnneHolman etsy shop. I mean come on! Are these gorgeous or what?
This made me think that I should finally write the post that I've been meaning to write forever about options for green wedding rings.
When hubby and I got married, the only place I could find making rings from recycled metal was Green Karat. But it turned out to be a good thing as we were extremely happy with the service (we got custom rings designed) and with the rings themselves. The only thing I would have changed would be to get silver rings instead of gold (we chose white gold without the coating and while less yellow than pure gold, its still yellowy and doesn't match any of my other jewelry).
Getting rings from recycled metal helps to dramatically reduce their environmental footprint. It's no secret that the majority of the mining industry is bad news from an environmental and sadly also a human rights point of view. Green Karat writes a bit about this on their site. But that is only one company's view - if you google "mining, gold, environmental", you'll get more information on mining than you ever want to read.
For a ring with an even smaller environmental footprint, how about avoiding metal altogether? If I had known about this company when I got married, I would have absolutely asked them to make our wedding rings. The company is called Touch Wood and they are based in BC. They make the most beautiful rings you have ever seen. Their rings are made from blown down or bug damaged trees on their property and also from wood from a neighbouring orchard and other scrap woods. They also use vegan glue and their website, home and shop is powered by solar power. I just love this company and their rings.
Hubby do you want to get married again so we can get these rings?
Or maybe I need this for my birthday:
7 comments:
(let's try one last time! hard to line up the smiley face - note to self - preview!)
Thanks so much! It definitely gets addictive on etsy!
Great info on rings! I like the idea of a wooden one. That blue one is gorgeous.
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Nice website and everybody should totally comply with the author on this one here. Its hillarious, thats what i should write about this post. Because this should be what the whole internet thing is all about right? Keep on doing a great job!
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p.s. Why did you decide to go without the coating?
I like your point of view and you are completely right. By the way I agree that yellow gold does not match anything that I use today. Keep up with the green heart and head.
Great info, your idea is more useful for me to decide on which one is best for me. Thanks for sharing.
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