When both style and sustainability are equal priorities, design thrives.

Building on
the success and renown of celebrity favorite Joy O Designs, Kyler by Joy O offers
effortlessly eco chic, environmentally conscious jewelry made with recycled
metals and eco friendly artisan glass accents.

Our goal is to empower and employee

Since they are grown in a laboratory by skilled engineers, they do not have the
environmental impact or labor issues of mined diamonds. Our diamonds are
guaranteed conflict-free and are available in jewelry made of eco-friendly
platinum, gold and silver.

eco-friendly alternative that does not compromise budget or style

Endangered animals are celebrated with jewelry using semi-precious gemstones,

fine silver, and sterling silver. Sea Turtles and Polar Bears are featured, as well as
the colors of the Ocean and the Earth, in Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings. Our
jewelry is made the ‘Green’ way and a percentage of each sale is donated to the
World Wildlife Fund. Wearing a piece of ‘The Wright Jewelry’ makes it easy to
engage others in a discussion about our Earth, and, well, it just looks pretty, too!

Discover stylish eco-jewelry from recycled and sustainably harvested materials

Whether looking for set pieces or a personalized creation, whether browsing

online or in the San Francisco showroom, Brilliant Earth is a rare gem in the
jewelry industry because this company makes exquisite pieces all of which are
made by environmentally and socially responsible methods.

Brilliant Earth was founded by a couple, Beth Gerstein and Eric Grossberg, who
were inspired with the idea of creating a green jewelry business because the then
groom couldn’t find a reliable source that guaranteed conflict-free diamonds.

This company guarantees that all its diamonds come from conflict-free and ethical
sources: from Canadian mines that use environmentally sustainable practices. The
company also practices fair trade and uses 100% recycled metals, obtained from
various post-consumer sources, including existing jewelry, industrial-use metals,
and even electronic components. But don’t let the term “recycled” fool you. The
reclaimed gold, silver, and platinum are re-refined into their pure elements and
are identical to newly mined metals. Since precious metals can be recycled
repeatedly with no degradation in quality, they are a naturally renewable
resource.

Why is it greener to buy from a jeweler who uses environmentally and socially
responsible practices? Because there’s absolutely nothing eco-friendly about the
jewelry industry unless, like Brilliant Earth, a company explicitly states in its
mission statement that it strives to protect the earth and respect human life as
well as wildlife.

In gold and gemstone mining, it takes a great deal of dynamite and brute force to
lay the earth bare to extract the precious metals and stones. The gold mining
process is especially destructive because it releases cyanide and mercury into
water sources, polluting the environment and causing serious health concerns to
the workers on site, and to communities and wildlife near and far.

In addition to environmental degradation, conventional gold mining is also steep

in poor safety standards, inhumane labor practices, and carries the ill reputation
of disregarding the rights and interests of indigenous people. Brilliant Earth
addresses and overturns such environmental and social injustice.

Apart from mining for precious metals and gemstones, conventional pearl farming
doesn’t fare much better either because many pearl farms wreak environmental
havoc or destroy ecosystems by cleaning oysters with high powered hoses.
The lustrous Kamoka Pearl sourced by Brilliant Earth uses an ingenious free labor
system by placing the oysters in specific zones where they can be gently cleaned
by multiple species of tropical fish. Such labor and cost effective systems protect
the eco-system by increasing various fish populations as it grows pearls that meet,
if not exceed, industry standards.

Another issue in conventional pearl farming is the prevalent practice of using

mussel nuclei which endanger the mussel population. Instead of using this
conventional method of growing pearls, Brilliant Earth’s Kamoka Pearl is grown by
using nuclei composed of mother of pearl from the very same oysters it cultivates.

According to Brilliant Earth, “This innovative and natural method avoids

contributing to the loss of a species, and according to independent tests,
produces triple the number of high-quality pearls. Because Kamoka Pearl has
discovered that it can recycle the mother of pearl with no degradation in quality,
it genuinely has discovered a naturally renewable resource.”

When both jewelry company and consumers buy recycled metals, it decreases the
global demand for newly mined gold and diminishes the environmentally and
socially destructive effects of mining. On the same note, buying pearls from
Brilliant Earth will ensure that fish, oysters, and humans thrive as a collective.

Perhaps the most admirable ecological and social contribution of Brilliant Earth
lies in the fact that this company not only protects its sources and gives the
highest quality of jewelry to its customers, but that it also allows consumers to
contribute when it shares 5% of its profits to support underdeveloped
communities ravaged by the diamond industry.
The company is eco-friendly down to its packaging. The jewelry comes beautifully
housed in a Rimu Wood case, made from wood sustainably harvested from New
Zealand. All paper packaging is made from 35% to 65% post-consumer recycled
material, and printed with soy or vegetable-based ink. They also offer an
environmentally friendly gem and jewelry cleaner.

Brilliant Earth is a jewelry company that addresses environmental, labor, and

community concerns, and so, true to it’s trademarked logo, it provides consumers
“Luxury With A Conscience.”

Costume jewelry is normally made up of non precious metals in silver and gold
plated and sometime with or without stones and beads.

Apart form this, there are several other materials used traditionally to create
beads like wood, jet, gemstones, metals, ivory, coral, pearls and silver jewelry.
However some modern designs also include plastic, polycarbonate and nylon
variants to create beads.

Green jewelry makers enjoy an almost endless array of recycled, reclaimed, and
sustainable materials, from antique diamonds to recycled glass, vintage watch
gears to sustainably harvested pearls.

greenKarat uses recycled gold and sustainably produced diamonds to create

stunning and eco-friendly rings, earrings, necklaces, and more. As one of the
pioneers in the recycled gold jewelry industry, greenKarat has created a detailed
set of standards for sustainably sourced gold and other materials called the Green
Assay, which calculates the ecological footprint of each component and stage of
processing that goes into the piece of jewelry, including metals, alloys, gems,
refining, and bench practices. greenKarat also offers customers an optional
carbon offset tax to make their purchases carbon neutral. greenKarat itself
operates on 100% wind generated energy.
often, costume jewelry is so well crafted that only an expert could be expected to
identify the real from the fake on other people

Wearing costume jewelry relieves the wearer of the burden of concern over the
safety of their jewelry as well. Many people don't feel comfortable wearing
thousands of dollars in jewelry to work or to the grocery store, even if they can
afford to own such pieces. Costume jewelry allows the wearer to dress as lavishly
as they choose without fear of losing a stone or breaking a necklace

Consumers are increasingly aware that the product choices they make matter as it
relates to the environment. Much of the material grown or processed for clothing
has a direct impact on our environment. Eco friendly fashion is all about
embracing a wide variety of green processes including organic, recycled,
sustainable and fair trade business practices in the production of wearable goods.
And you don’t have to trade off looking good to do good for the environment.

This growing interest in environmentally friendly products has retailers taking

notice as they tap into this awareness. They are creating high quality products that meet the
growing needs consumers demand