Stylish, sustainable and eco-friendly, no this is not an article providing an overview of a new hybrid vehicle rather it describes First Lady Michelle Obama’s jewelry during her arrival in Mexico City recently.

The First Lady was spotted wearing sustainable jewelry created by Monique Pean, the recipient of the 2009 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award for Accessories and one of Oprah’s “Ten Women on the Rise.”

Pean’s pieces—considered “wearable art”— are created from 100% recycled gold supporting her belief that jewelry producers should reduce the demand for “dirty mining” of precious metals. Additionally each gem stone used in her creations was obtained through free-trade and are devastation and conflict free.

Ten percent of the profit from each piece of jewelry Monique Pean sells goes to support Alaska Native art and culture, or to provide clean water wells to developing communities in need. This past year, Pean in a collaborative effort with charity:water, provided drinking water to 3,000 people.


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