10 Most Recent Articles
Written By: Marc Choyt

1	Ten Tips To Purchasing Green, Ethically Sourced Wedding Rings Online Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-09-11 | - Word Count: 940 | Viewed: 1260 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 2.00 A wedding ring can cause twenty tons of toxic mining sludge. A Consumer concerned about the environmental impact of their ring has to search online to find an environmentally responsible jeweler. This article provides critical information to educate and empower consumers seeking to purchase an environmentally responsible wedding ring online.
2	Celtic Wedding Ring Buying Guide: Ten Questions For Finding The Perfect Ring Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-09-11 | - Word Count: 1037 | Viewed: 1324 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 3.60 The best place to purchase Celtic wedding rings is on the internet, but there are definitely concerns that need to be addressed when purchasing a piece of jewelry that you will wear every day for the rest of your life on line. Written by an industry expert, this article provides critical information to educate and empower the consumer seeking to purchase a Celtic wedding ring on the internet.
3	Get Peace Of Mind With These 10 Questions For Your Jeweler Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-09-06 | - Word Count: 1039 | Viewed: 1144 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 3.86 Many consumers want to purchase ethically sourced jewelry yet they do not know enough about this emerging product category to even begin to talk to their jewelry. This article provides knowledge and the right questions to empower the consumer interested in purchasing social responsible jewelry.
4	Ten Ways For A Jeweler To Close The Sale For The Customer Wanting Peace Of Mind Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-09-04 | - Word Count: 864 | Viewed: 1034 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 4.00 The mainstream jewelry industry has been discredited by blood diamonds and dirty mining. How can a socially responsible consumer interested in jewelry shop his or her values? One must know the right questions to ask. Written by a jewelry manufacturer, this article empowers any customer to fairly raise issues related to fair trade and socially/eco responsible sourcing with any jeweler.
5	Four Questions That Separate Spin From Truth When Purchasing Ethical Jewelry Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-08-30 | - Word Count: 810 | Viewed: 1069 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.58 Responding to consumers seeking ethically produced jewelry, a few companies are branding their product as 'green' or 'fair trade' made. What constitutes authenticity in this net market has little to do with PR spin, and everything to do with transparency regarding sourcing. This article empowers consumers to ask the right questions to determine whether a jewelry product is ethically sourced.
6	Understanding And Choosing A Celtic Ring Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-08-28 | - Word Count: 990 | Viewed: 1084 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.67 With the popularity of Celtic music and writing, and a longing for many consumers to connect with earth based traditions, Celtic rings have universal appeal. Yet what attracts one to a particular design is often mysteriously hard to articulate. This article provides a basic understanding of Celtic iconography, and lays out a strategy for purchasing Celtic rings over the internet.
7	Quantum Entanglement: The New Physics Behind Fair Trade Eco Jewelry Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-08-23 | - Word Count: 939 | Viewed: 1547 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.00 What unconscious force makes us attracted to one piece of jewelry over another? Quantum entanglement. This playful article, written for the wedding and mainstream jewelry consumer, provides a scientific argument, based on 'new physics,' for fair trade and ethically sourced jewelry. Scientific journals that prove how human DNA actually changes the quantum characteristics of jewelry.
8	Celtic Bracelets: Torques, Talismans, And Treasures Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-08-20 | - Word Count: 742 | Viewed: 2681 | Votes: 14 | Rating: 2.00 This article discusses the history of torques as elaborate status symbols in the ancient Celtic world. Toques were thought to contain the power to ward off the curses of enemies and maleficent sorcerers, as well as to provide protection and courage during battle. They symbolically represented essential aspects of a Celt's relationship to his community and the universe as a whole.
9	The Celtic Cross Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-08-17 | - Word Count: 744 | Viewed: 2649 | Votes: 10 | Rating: 2.30 The cross has broad significance as a marker of not only religion, but also of cultural identity. This article discusses the ancient symbolism and history of the Celtic cross, which incorporates Pagan views, in contrast to the Latin cross, which represent the life of Christ. With the inclusion of the simple circle, the Celtic cross embodies symbolically the unification of opposites and balance.
10	Symbolism Of Wedding Rings Written by: Marc Choyt | Distributed: 2007-08-16 | - Word Count: 662 | Viewed: 2668 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.33 The sacred commitment of exchanging wedding rings has deep roots. The author discusses the historical and magical symbolism behind wedding rings, based on traditions that stretch back thousands of years. The article shows how at best a wedding ring combines the art of the jeweler, the reverence of the betrothed, and the beauty of love and partnership in a single, resonant symbol.