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Borrowed from the Soil: A Farm-to-Closet Design Exhibition
Photographed by Paige Green Today’s clothing relies on transnational supply chains, petroleum-based materials, and land and labor exploitation. But what if your clothing could build ecosystem and...
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A Soil-to-Soil Journey with the Northeastern Fibersheds
Written by Lexi Fujii, Affiliate Network Coordinator. Photographed by Paige Green. This past fall, I had the opportunity to visit Fibersheds in the Northeastern region of the United States. From...
View ArticleInstagram Roundup: 3 Posts on Microplastics & Clothing
Plastic in much of the world’s clothing creates a health and environmental nightmare when it breaks down into microplastics. These tiny particles pollute waterways, harm marine life, and find their way...
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Redefining Fashion’s Future: Rebecca Burgess Envisions Tomorrow’s Textile...
Rebecca Burgess, the Executive Director of Fibershed, is a leading voice advocating for a shift in our approach to clothing consumption and production. Her vision for a fiber future centers on quality...
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MATE the Label Launches a Climate Beneficial Collection Made to Last
By supporting farming practices for long-term good, MATE the Label and its partners in the California Cotton & Climate Coalition are advancing a planet-friendly fabrics model for fashion brands....
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Waste Not: Wool Pellets Make Great Soil – and Business
Written by Stephany Wilkes. Photographed by Paige Green. Two fiber business owners – Charlene Schmid of Integrity Alpacas & Fiber and Anna Hunter of Longway Homestead – create wool pellets to solve...
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Post-Fossil Fuel Fashion: Q&A with George Harding-Rolls, Global Policy...
George Harding-Rolls has spent his career advocating for policies and legislation that hold companies accountable for their environmental and social impacts, particularly in the fashion industry. As a...
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Meet 13 California Designers Reimagining Textile Creation
Photographed by Paige Green Designers have a unique opportunity in our textile systems to turn natural materials grown on our regional landscapes into beautiful, long-lasting goods that serve our...
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Carhartt and The Farmlink Project Pay Tribute to Farmers with Limited-Edition...
In celebration of Earth Day, Carhartt, America’s premium workwear brand since 1889, and The Farmlink Project have partnered to design a limited-edition T-shirt made in the USA from Climate Beneficial...
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Investing in a Regenerative Fiber Future: A Conversation with Sacred Futures’...
Bringing about systemic change requires hope, perseverance, and knowledge. But realizing progress toward a more equitable and sustainable economy also requires access to capital. In sectors like fiber...
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Fibershed Shearing Schools
Written by Stephany Wilkes Photos by Paige Green Photography, and shearing school participants In April 2024, 45 students completed shearing schools offered by the University of California Cooperative...
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Closing the Loop: Can Compostable Textiles Help Lead Us Into the Future?
Textile waste is a growing problem affecting communities and environments worldwide. From vast amounts of discarded clothing choking beaches, rivers, and deserts to the piles of textile waste in...
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Kaos Blanket Project
Written by Stephany Wilkes Photos by Paige Green Kaos Sheep Outfit is turning necessity to invention, turning trade wars and low commodity-wool prices into the inspiration for a mutually beneficial...
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Weaving Cloth and Culture from Flax: Connecting Continents and Generations
Written by M. Kat Anderson. Edited by Eric Engles. Wandering around Antigua, Guatemala in 1987 while attending language school, I came across a woman sitting on the ground weaving on a backstrap loom....
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Building Soil Health at Penny Royal Farm and Navarro Vineyards
Story by Stephany Wilkes Photos by Paige Green Photography In Mendocino County, California, Navarro Vineyards and Pennyroyal Farm have practiced aspects of regenerative agriculture and no-waste...
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Producer Profile: Bodega Pastures
Written by Stephany Wilkes. Photography by Paige Green. Bodega Pastures is a 1,000-acre ranch located in “West County” Sonoma, a historic community on traditional Coast Miwok (Me-Wuk) territory. The...
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First in the Nation Textile Extended Producer Responsibility Program...
Last week SB 707 (Newman), a bill that would create the first in the nation textile Extended Producer Responsibility Program (EPR), was passed by the California Legislature and headed to Governor...
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The Craft of Culture and Connection: How Project Threadways Preserves...
For more than two decades, artisan fashion brand Alabama Chanin has been deeply committed to the ideas of sustainable design, preserving craft traditions, and producing locally and ethically with the...
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California Approves SB 675: Prescribed Grazing as Key to Wildfire Prevention
written by Fibershed staff photography by Paige Green On September 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 675 (SB 675) into law, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at...
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Intertwining: A story of the living world through material form
written by Lexi Fujii photography by Jessa Carta Two makers, business-owners, mothers — artfully transmuting land-based raw materials into simple yet luxurious sustainable goods. Megan Bre Camp of...
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