Watch a recording of the Agroforestry Panel at the Fibershed 2021 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium.
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Fibershed 2021 Symposium: Presentation by Anja Lynbaeck of Local Futures
Watch a recording of a presentation by Anja Lynbaeck of Local Futures at the Fibershed 2021 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium.
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Fibershed 2021 Symposium: Presentation by Karen Hampton & Conversation between Karen Hampton and Teju Adisa-Farrar
Watch a recording of a presentation by textile artist Karen Hampton and a conversation between Karen Hampton and environmental equity consultant Teju Adisa-Farrar at the Fibershed 2021 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium.
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Fibershed 2021 Symposium: Conversation – Abena Cynthia Agyeibia of Kantamanto Market & Santa Puac of the Garment Worker Center
Watch a recording of a conversation between Abena Cynthia Agyeibia of Kantamanto Market & Santa Puac of the Garment Worker Center at the Fibershed 2021 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium.
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Fibershed 2021 Symposium: Opening Remarks by Rebecca Burgess
Watch a recording of Fibershed Executive Director Rebecca Burgess’ opening remarks at the Fibershed 2021 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium.
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Takeaways From the 2021 Carbon Farm Fund Report
Bringing producers, artisans, and policy together has the potential to increase fair payments to farmers to support more ecologically sound farming practices while providing a premium product to regional artisans and creators. Read our takeaways from the 2021 Carbon Farm Fund Report to understand the variety of ways we support on-the-ground climate beneficial land-management practices for more resilient fiber systems.
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What We Must Do to Balance the Carbon Budget: A Letter from Fibershed Executive Director Rebecca Burgess
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.
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Silk: Caught in a Web of Deceit
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.
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Silk Stories Part 3: White Space or Twelve Million People Don’t Matter
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.
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Silk Stories Part 2: Yellow Peril or Green Dressing
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.
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