Events

Join us July 31st, 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern for a live Zoom FEEDBACK FRIDAY with Fibershed Founder, Rebecca Burgess. Rebecca Burgess is the executive director of Fibershed, chair of the board for Carbon Cycle Institute, and the author of Harvesting Color as well as Fibershed-Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy. […]

What Does Fashion Have to Do With Farming? Exploring the Growing Fibershed Movement in the UK   Similar to a local watershed or a foodshed, a Fibershed is focused on the source of the raw material, the transparency with which it is converted into clothing, and the connectivity among all parts, from soil to skin […]

Objective: To highlight community solutions for reversing unsustainable trends in fashion and textiles Description: Our wardrobes and textiles protect us from the elements and enable expressions of culture and individuality. Responsibility for closing the fashion loop lies not only with consumers, who are affected by price, trends, advertising, and available options but also with communities […]

The role of Climate Beneficial Agriculture as a foundation for textile creation processes About this Event Adriana Marina (founder of the NGO Hecho por Nosotros and B-Corp animaná) is happy to host Rebecca Burgess. Communities around the world often rely upon exploitative textile systems. Fibershed develops place-based regional fiber and natural dye systems that generate […]