Month: January 2022

What We Must Do to Balance the Carbon Budget: A Letter from Fibershed Executive Director Rebecca Burgess

January 31, 2022February 3, 2022

While the global goal setting, commitments, and action plans are heartening, I continue to find the most hope and understanding as to what is required to achieve change while working at the local landscape level.

Silk: Caught in a Web of Deceit

January 20, 2022

In a series of 3 articles, I hope to shed some light on the absurdity and injustice of many of the claims ‘sustainable’ fashion has leveled against silk.

Silk Stories Part 3: White Space or Twelve Million People Don’t Matter

January 19, 2022January 20, 2022

In this third and final article of our Silk Stories series, we look at a double standard employed by sustainable fashion to demonize silk: the notion that carbon offsetting applies to all trees but mulberry trees.

Silk Stories Part 2: Yellow Peril or Green Dressing

January 19, 2022January 21, 2022

In this second piece of our Silk Stories series, we examine fashion’s acquiescence to – or perhaps exploitation of – vegan supremacy in sustainability analysis, and the partial and selective manner in which both costs and benefits are assigned to silk production.

Silk Stories Part 1: The Bodies of Bodhisattvas Transformed, the Manifestation of Unparalleled Generosity

January 19, 2022January 31, 2022

Sustainable fashion’s demonization of silk is unjustified. It’s not a conspiracy. It’s capitalism. Here’s what various stakeholders have to gain from making false claims against silk.

What You Need To Know About Microplastics and Textile

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022

The truth about the textile industry’s role in microplastic pollution and what you need to know to fix it.

Shedding Light on Sheep Shearing: 3-Part Series for Understanding the Shearing Process

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

How do we get from soil to skin? From raw fiber to finished clothing or goods? We might ask ourselves these questions about our food, but we rarely stop to think about it as deeply when it comes to our garments. This article helps to educate, demystify, and describe the sheep shearing process to create a richer understanding and respect for the process that provides wool for clothing and goods.