46 min
Mercury Free Mining: Gold Standards with Toby Pomeroy Catalyst Talks
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- Society & Culture
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In this episode we cover:
✨ The dirty side of gold most people don’t know about
✨ How mercury is poisoning watersheds and communities so that they can eat and we can have the gold
✨ How passion and purpose ignite action
✨ Toby’s journey as an artist and jewelry designer led him to create the Mercury Free Mining mission to end the use of mercury by artisanal gold miners
✨ The movement unfolding in the jewelry industry and the technology available to produce clean healthy gold that aligns with human rights and clean environmental standards
✨ The need to scale the technology available and a vision for making that happen
✨ When the calling calls and you can’t go back to sleep
ABOUT TOBY:
Toby Pomeroy, Founder, Executive Director, Mercury Free Mining
A designer-goldsmith for over 50 years, Toby became passionate about responsible gold mining after encountering Earthworks’ “No Dirty Gold” campaign in 2004. Since then, Toby has been dedicated to cultivating industry-wide support for a socially and environmentally responsible gold supply chain and a purpose-driven jewelry industry. He founded Mercury Free Mining (MFM) in 2017, a nonprofit organization committed to the discovery and deployment of mercury-free processes for the health of 20 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners and the environment upon which we all depend.
MFM is fostering and implementing safe, efficient, mercury-free gold mining methods, and focusing on establishing a certified mercury-free gold supply chain to match industry demand. With a mission to eradicate the use of mercury in gold mining, MFM stands for the jewelry industry’s interdependence and solidarity with artisanal and small-scale gold miners around the world.
▶︎ https://mercuryfreemining.org
▶︎ Learn more about Mercury Free Mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ezY_fy1Xw&t=634s
Connect with Stephanie:
▶︎ Website | https://www.stephanietrager.com
▶︎ Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/stephanietragercatalysttalks
▶︎ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/stephanietrager
▶︎ Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/stephanietrager
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Join the COLOMBIA QUEST ▶︎ Lear about the EXPANSION QUEST in KOGI LAND, COLOMBIA December 13-21, 2023 here ~ https://www.stephanietrager.com/journey-colombia-2023
In this episode we cover:
✨ The dirty side of gold most people don’t know about
✨ How mercury is poisoning watersheds and communities so that they can eat and we can have the gold
✨ How passion and purpose ignite action
✨ Toby’s journey as an artist and jewelry designer led him to create the Mercury Free Mining mission to end the use of mercury by artisanal gold miners
✨ The movement unfolding in the jewelry industry and the technology available to produce clean healthy gold that aligns with human rights and clean environmental standards
✨ The need to scale the technology available and a vision for making that happen
✨ When the calling calls and you can’t go back to sleep
ABOUT TOBY:
Toby Pomeroy, Founder, Executive Director, Mercury Free Mining
A designer-goldsmith for over 50 years, Toby became passionate about responsible gold mining after encountering Earthworks’ “No Dirty Gold” campaign in 2004. Since then, Toby has been dedicated to cultivating industry-wide support for a socially and environmentally responsible gold supply chain and a purpose-driven jewelry industry. He founded Mercury Free Mining (MFM) in 2017, a nonprofit organization committed to the discovery and deployment of mercury-free processes for the health of 20 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners and the environment upon which we all depend.
MFM is fostering and implementing safe, efficient, mercury-free gold mining methods, and focusing on establishing a certified mercury-free gold supply chain to match industry demand. With a mission to eradicate the use of mercury in gold mining, MFM stands for the jewelry industry’s interdependence and solidarity with artisanal and small-scale gold miners around the world.
▶︎ https://mercuryfreemining.org
▶︎ Learn more about Mercury Free Mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ezY_fy1Xw&t=634s
Connect with Stephanie:
▶︎ Website | https://www.stephanietrager.com
▶︎ Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/stephanietragercatalysttalks
▶︎ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/stephanietrager
▶︎ Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/stephanietrager
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46 min