Would You Switch Digital Cameras If It Could Save Lives? An Interview with John Prendergast - Photo District News

More than 5 million people have died as a result of the war in Eastern Congo that is being fought over the region's mineral resources. As a U.N. report noted a year ago, armed groups are profiting from the mining of gold and minerals such as tin, tantalum and tungsten "that are used principally in the global electronics trade." Enough Project, the anti-genocide initiative of the Center for American Progress, is trying to create consumer demand for "conflict free" electronics, including cameras, computers and cell phones. John Prendergast, co-founder of Enough Project, talked to PDN about the campaign.

Read the interview here.