photo by Paige Green
Fibershed Blog
Posted on August 13, 2010
by Rebecca Burgess
Perspectives and
beautiful photographs
from a weekend tanning workshop that Tamara Wilder taught
in Bolinas, CA
which was attended by
a number of Fibershed founders.
Fibershed develops regional and regenerative fiber systems on behalf of independent working producers, by expanding opportunities to implement carbon farming, forming catalytic foundations to rebuild regional manufacturing, and through connecting end-users to farms and ranches through public education.
They envision the emergence of an international system of regional textile communities that enliven connection and ownership of ‘soil-to-soil’ textile processes. These diverse textile cultures are designed to build soil carbon stocks on the working landscapes on which they depend, while directly enhancing the strength of regional economies. Both fiber and food systems now face a drastically changing climate, and must utilize the best of time-honored knowledge and available science for their long-term ability to thrive.
