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Students at universities and high schools in the United States purchased some 1.67 million class rings in 2003 -- the production of which generated more than 9 million tons of mine waste!

This fall, hundreds of thousands of high school and college students will purchase class rings containing gold. A class ring should be a symbol of pride, and not be tainted with environmental destruction and human rights violations.

As part of the No Dirty Gold campaign, students across North America are educating their peers and lobbying class ring companies to clean up dirty gold.

Please take a moment to email the three biggest class ring retailers and urge them to provide students with an alternative to dirty gold!

Barrick Goldstrike mine, NV.  Credit: EARTHWORKS

Tell them that you want them to help clean up the gold-mining industry and take responsibility for the gold they use in their rings. (Feel free to personalize the letter  --  by adding your school name, for example.) Then, keep an eye out for class ring representatives on your campus and tell them what you think about using dirty gold in class rings.