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SitaraGem & The Environment
As much as we appreciate nature, there is always something that we can improve on in what the world has to offer. Diamonds are definitely one of those things. The creation of the SitaraGem® is one improvement that is well received in the efforts to save the environment, eco-systems and habitants from the mining impact of diamonds.
• Sitaragems Environmental Commitment• Conflict Free
• What you should know about Canadian Diamonds
What you might not know about Canadian diamonds and the mines they come from!
Canadian diamonds have become the choice for many who want to avoid the "blood diamond" conflict and the Canadian diamond industry has branded itself as a perfect “guilt-free choice” for the consumer. This has caused a diamond rush in Canada and opened mines in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Ontario. Canada has become the third largest diamond producing nation in the world with production reaching 12.6 million carats. And it is only the beginning. Though no conflict diamonds are coming from Canada, every diamond has an impact, no matter where it comes from.
In Canada, the mines here are not directly adjacent to daily community life, yet the environmental impacts to their traditional lands, in their watersheds, are felt; people still use and eat food harvested from the land. Concern over environmental degradation of their land causes considerable real stress to all members of the community.
So, the term "conflict-free" or "Ethical" doesn't take into consideration the contamination and pollution of air, water and land, often in some of the most pristine places held sacred to indigenous peoples the globe over, the damage to watersheds and the complexity of "fixing" the ecological damage left in its wake. Persistent problems left after the short life of the mine is over, of strip-mining or deep underground mining, will be left for our children to endure. This is something to think about the next time you see an ad saying "buy ethical Canadian conflict-free diamonds". The impact to quality of ecological and humanitarian life has much more to do with simply being conflict-free.
* Some context used from: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly About Canadian Diamonds & Rapport news by Marc Choyt & Penny Hess
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