Written by Sasha Wirth and Photographed by Kalie Ilana Cassel-Feiss It’s a bright summer day. Children are chasing chickens and sheep are being shorn. Lambs and baby goats wobble and prance about. The sounds of laughter and delighted squeals mix with the throaty crowing of a rooster. Around 300 visitors have come to UC Elkus […]
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Transhumance: a Revival of Grassland Culture
Written by Ariel Greenwood & Photographed by Noelle Gaberman trans·hu·mance noun the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer. Grassland, prairie, savanna—in some regions these landscapes are so ubiquitous that they are paradoxically invisible. They are everywhere, […]
Read MoreClimate Beneficial Design: with Heidi Iverson, Ashley Eva Brock, and Industry of All Nations
Celebrating the collaborations that transform materials from soil to skin, we set out to visit each designer creating a full look for the Climate Beneficial Fashion Gala. Here we share excerpts from three conversations: read on for inspiration from their design practices and pathways to sustainability, and how each consumer, designer, and the fashion industry […]
Read MoreClimate Beneficial Design: with Ambatalia, Running River Organics, Madge & Me, and Prairie Underground
Celebrating the collaborations that transform materials from soil to skin, we set out to visit each designer creating a full look for the Climate Beneficial Fashion Gala. Here we share excerpts from three conversations: read on for inspiration from their design practices and pathways to sustainability, and how each consumer, designer, and the fashion industry […]
Read MoreFibershed Knitalong Roundtable
The Fibershed Knitalong is a collaborative endeavor that will support us all growing closer to the land that shelters us. It is an invitation to deepen your understanding of your region through connecting with local fiber producers and creating a regionally grown garment with your own two hands. Here, we asked a few Fibershed members and […]
Read MoreNesting in the Fibershed: West County Fiber Arts School
Written by Taya Badgley with photography by Paige Green, except as noted West County Fiber Arts School is a place built on sound principles and valuable skill. A forum built to ignite inspiration and provide support. A space that educates and encourages one to gather knowledge and fabricate community. A structure built upon the foundation of […]
Read MoreBuilding the Fashion Revolution
Andrea Plell is the founder of Ecologique Fashion an ethical and sustainable fashion consultancy based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2007, Plell has put her background in business and marketing to work to change the fashion industry, from creating editorial content to coordinating fashion shows. Ecologique Fashion has worked with the 25th Street […]
Read MoreFibershed Fashion Gala 2013
Fibershed is a project that is very close to my heart. I have been documenting Fibershed since Rebecca Burgess first started her personal challenge in 2010. I clearly remember the conversation Rebecca and I had in 2009 while we were sitting in the airport waiting to board a plane to one of our Harvesting Color […]
Read MoreOne Year
It has been a year since the one year challenge began… no bells and whistles went off, not even a sense of subtle satisfaction reverberated through me, the most apparent reality was that I, and this project are really just in process. There is no going back to slapping on the old jeans, and white […]
Read MoreWeaving the Community Cloth
Pokeberry and Indigo were dipped in merino wool that was graciously donated by “Reba” a sheep from the Potter Valley in this sweater tunic designed and knit by Sachi Henrietta. The piece was worn atop Foxfibre buffalo brown cotton leggings. Fibershed Fashion came alive for the community during our first ever benefit celebration. One hundred […]
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