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  • Live FEEDBACK FRIDAY with Fibershed Founder Rebecca Burgess

    Virtual

    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. […]

  • In Conversation: The Fibershed Movement

    Virtual

    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 […]

  • Keeping Fashion Close to Home for Better and Lighter Living

    Virtual

    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 […]

  • Climate Beneficial Agriculture as foundation for textile creation processes

    Virtual

    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 […]

  • Regenerating Our Textile Systems Course: Session 3

    Virtual

    Session 3: Deepening Impact Assessments toward Social and Climate Goals Why is taking a holistic perspective critical to meeting our goals, and how might we approach life cycle assessments to ensure our measurement and modeling are leading us in the right direction? Additional details to come.   Register here

  • Cover Cropping Opportunities in Specialty Crops

    Virtual

    Welcome to the Cover Cropping Opportunities in Specialty Crops webinar series presented by Contra Costa County Resource Conservation District and UC Cooperative Extension.   The program is free and funded by a CDFA Specialty Crops Block Grant.   Webinar #1: Overview of Cover Cropping Benefits, Principles, and OpportunitiesFeaturing Billy Synk of Project apis m. and Seeds for Bees, a program that […]

  • Fleece to Garment Series with Windrush Farm

    Windrush Farm 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Fleece to Garment Series with Windrush Farm  Learn to create a garment from shearing day to a finished piece. January 29.  Fleece to Garment.  11 to 3pm.  Witness a sheep shearing and choose your fleece you will be processing for the class.  We will have corriedale cross fleeces and Shetland fleeces for you to choose […]

    $550
  • 2 Day Natural Dye Full Spectrum Workshop with Fiber Circle Studio

    Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United States

    2 Day Natural Dye Full Spectrum Workshop with Fiber Circle Studio This is a 2 session in-person workshop, running April 2 & 3, 2022, 11am-5pm All materials are included. Each student will get to take home 12 different mini skeins of yarn! Fiber Circle Studio's 2-day Natural Dyeing Rainbow workshop will be a hands-on experience where […]

    $315
  • Buckskin Brain Tanning Process — Traditional California Native Regalia

    Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Pt. Reyes - Petaluma Rd, Point Reyes Station, CA, United States

    Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day Location: Fibershed Learning Center, Point Reyes Station, CA (address provided on enrollment) Cost: Free. Enrollment eligible for self-identified Tribal Members in Marin, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties Teachers: Jay Sliwa – Traditional hide tanner, with 25 years experience in the tanning arts & Tišina T. Parker – Southern […]