Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry Practices

Christina T. Miller Consulting’s Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry Practice

Become a jewelry industry changemaker!

Spring 2024 Enrollment is Open.

What is Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry Practices?

This jam-packed, online video course, taught by Christina T. Miller, is the perfect introduction to responsible sourcing for jewelers. Learn the history of and understand the impacts that jewelry has on people and planet and how to keep improving.

Don’t miss your chance to become a changemaker!

Be part of the Spring 2024 cohort, enroll by April 30th.

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Course Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry product offering

How does it work?

We offer the course 3 times per year as part of a one-month interactive cohort.

When each session begins, you receive access to a private, online portal containing the welcome video, lessons 1-4, an assessment, and a students-only forum in which you can ask questions and share your experiences. Closed captions can be turned on for all videos and we provide a downloadable transcript and audio recording for each lesson.

1-Hour Group Call With CMC Team

When the course concludes, you’re invited to join us for a live Office Hours webinar where the CMC team will answer all your questions and can share additional resources.

Welcome

Introduction: The story of Christina’s grandparents’ rings.

Lesson 1: The Industry We Inherited

Where the jewelry industry currently stands, where change is needed and why.

Lesson 2: The Terms We Use

The language we use to discuss issues in the jewelry industry and consumers.

Lesson 3: Our Materials

Basic overview of how our jewelry materials are produced.

Lesson 4: Review & Take Action

Invitation to take action - some things you can do right now.

Assessment

Test how much you've learned and share with peers in our community forum.

Bonus #1

Access to Student Forum, ask questions and learn from your peers.

Bonus #2

Download the Responsible Sourcing Roadmap PDF and start implementing your own practices.

Bonus #3

Exclusive for FSJP students: attend a LIVE group Office Hour with Christina and her team.

Is it right for me?

The course, “Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry Practices”, is designed for jewelry industry professionals, business owners and staff, students, artists, hobbyists - anyone interested in sustainable jewelry practices, how to implement them, and how to communicate about them.

No matter where you are in your journey with responsible and sustainable jewelry, this course will give you actionable steps to help shape a jewelry industry we can all truly be proud of.

Student interface of the online course showing video modules

this is what they're saying: testimonials from jewelers about the course

Emily Phillipy

Emily Chelsea Jewelry

"As I am beginning to build my business selling jewelry I want to start off on the right foot so to speak. This course offered educational tools that have helped me understand how I can support my environmental ethos through the practices I employ within the framework of my business."

Jalnar Dhanani

Jalnar Jewelry

"This course is an excellent introduction to better understanding how to source responsibly and better talk about these topics with your staff and customers."

Mia Kaplan

Emily Chelsea Jewelry

"It was valuable that the training explained the colonialist history of this industry and how harmful that was. We should always be aware of how colonialist theft and exploitation have shifted power and influence and are still inflicting harm and conflict today."

Sarah Parker

Artist, Jeweler, Educator

"This course is exactly what someone like me, a jeweler who really wants to do the right thing, needs in terms of where to get started. There are so many ways to accidentally greenwash based on what limited information we receive from some suppliers, and it's important to keep digging and asking questions - but without a solid understanding the foundation of the production of our materials, it's challenging to feel confident engaging!"

Tess Davis

Tess Davis Jewelry

"The course itself was very informative, engaging, and packed with information that every jeweler should and likely wants to know about. I was blown away by how much new information I learned throughout the duration of this course. Coming out of it, I felt inspired to do better and continue learning."

Who teaches it?

Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry Practices is led by Christina T. Miller, an award-winning sustainable jewelry consultant.

She has been a guest lecturer at the Jewelry Industry Summit, Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference, Initiatives in Arts and Culture, JCK, The Jewelry Independent, Gemological Institute of America, Pratt Institute, Queensland College of Art (Australia), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia), among others. Christina and her team have over 18 years of experience in sustainable jewelry and have developed systems and programs to improve jewelry supply chains, like this introductory course.

Meet your support team!

Ana Brazaityte

Education Director

After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2011, Ana turned her focus to metalworking and started her jewelry company, Truss & Ore, in 2014.

Cecilia Echeverri

Operations & Outreach Director

After studying Jewelry Design at FIT in 2010, Cecilia gained experience in marketing and communications for the jewelry industry.

What does it cost?

The investment for Foundations for Sustainable Jewelry Practices is a one-time payment of $245.

That includes all of the following: 4 video lessons, transcripts & audio files, handouts & action guides, extra resources & links, access to the Student Forum, and a group Office-Hour via Zoom at the conclusion of your cohort’s session!

Enroll before April 30th.