Thu Nov 12 · 6:00pm
Au: Origins Unearthed
Tied to a new exhibit spotlight on gold extraction at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the program opens with Harvard environmental chemist Elsie Sunderland on mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Amazonian rivers. Jewelry designers Pippa Small and Ashley Alexis McFarlane, PeaceGold founder Greg Valerio and Brazilian federal police forensic geologist Erich Adam Moreira Lima then discuss traceable, responsibly sourced gold. A reception follows.