All that glitters is not gold. From the sloping dunes of the Sahara comes a groundbreaking design process that turns waste from refugee camps into jewelry as beautiful as the intentions behind it. Royal College of Art studentFlorie Salnot collaborated with Sandblast, a London-based nonprofit that works with the Saharawis of Algeria, to find a creative yet economic solution to raise awareness about their cultural displacement. Old plastic bottlesfrom the refugee camp are collected and repurposed into remarkable faux-
Classically styled and crafted from 100 percent recycled materials, Amara Gold offers an extensive collection of gold and sterling-silver jewelry made entirely in North America. To ensure that its metals live up to their ecological claims—and that no freshly mined materials are used—each necklace, earring, bracelet, and ring is traceable and independently verified under strict
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