The Chimp Guardians at Camp Friendship are working together with Jane Goodall’s Youth Group The Roots and Shoots to organize their first Urban Mining Workshop in the United States! The Urban Mining Workshop will take place on June 30th from 10AM-4PM at the Barnes and Noble in New York City. The Chimp Guardians are a group at Camp friendship, an after school and summer camp program that connects city kids with the environment! Roots and Shoots are youth programs from the Jane Goodall Institute which are designed to bring together youth of all ages to work on local environmental, conservation and humanitarian issues! Join them in the first Urban mining workshop in NYC, US and find out more about what is inside your phones and where these materials came from! Visit website

Fairphone is happy to be presented at the event "It's In Our Hands - One Year On, Ethical Making" 2018 as part of the discussion regarding adopting new ethical approaches in today's industry. The event - organized by The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust and the Precious Metals Workshop - focuses mainly on jewellers and silversmiths, however, it is relevant to all disciplines which have an interest in adopting ethical approaches to their practice. Speakers who are award-winning British Fairtrade ethical jeweller and environmental activist will debate about the challenges of building more ethical practices. It is a two days event - Symposium and Workshop- open to beginners and passionate about the field. Check it out and join! Visit website

We are proud to announce that Miquel Ballester, Co-Founder, Product & Resource Efficiency Manager of Fairphone will have the change to attend and speak at the Smart Citizens Lab Workshop #2 in Amsterdam at the Waag Society. At this event, you will work together in small groups with an old phone to think about how to phonvert in various social contexts. What are you waiting for? Bring your old smartphone and register for this event. The entrance is free! Visit website

This workshop is a hands-on introduction to the issues at the heart of both mining and the life cycle of your mobile phone. The wise Oscar Wilde once wrote that “nowaday, people know the price of everything and the value of nothing”– and we couldn’t agree more. To understand the real value of a product, we believe that you need to begin with understanding where it comes from and who made it. Take your own old phone (no smartphone required) and join us at the Cafe de Ceuvel! Don’t miss this opportunity! Visit website