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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.
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.
In this Episode Stephanie and Toby 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