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Green ChampionsSarah Pottle - Clothing the Midwest Through Community and CraftThe Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit (MRSS) is the largest sustainability conference in the Midwest, bringing together hundreds of visionary leaders to share ideas and solutions for a healthier, more resilient, and equitable future. The annual summit features a full day of programming, including speakers, exhibitors, interactive sessions, and networking opportunities, covering a wide range of topics from climate justice and green workforce development to resilient food systems and circular economy practices. MRSS serves as a vital platform for collaboration and innovation, inspiring action and accelerating the transition to a sustainable future in the Midwest.2025-06-0426 min
ECO SPEAKS CLEA New Era of Apparel with Aidan Meany of Found SurfaceSend us a textAidan Meany is a young clothing entrepreneur defining a new era of apparel. His team at Found Surface uses 21st-century technology and traditional, natural fibers to produce eco-friendly clothing for companies looking for ethically and thoughtfully produced garments. His new factory in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood is one of the first in the nation to use digital knitting machines to make clothing that is plastic-free, waste-free, and guilt-free. Aidan found his place in the design industry after educating himself about the fast fashion industry and the toll...2025-02-2044 min
GRØNN TRÅDEp. 5: Lokal tekstilproduksjon med Nina AlsbornNina Alsborn som er styreleder for Fibershed Norge, en frivillig organisasjon som vil lage et møtested hvor forbrukere, designere, håndverkere og bønder kan samles for å jobbe for mer bærekraftig og lokal tekstilproduksjon, snakker med meg om lokal tekstilproduksjon. Nina forteller om sin tekstile historie, hvor hun etterhvert jobbet på Telespinn, et lite, miljøvennlig spinneri i Midt-Svartdal (Seljord, Telemark). Der var hun produksjonsleder for hele prosessen med å fremstille garn fra mohairgeit og saueull. Under masterstudiet i Tradisjonskunst ved Universitetet i Sørøst Norge forsket Nina på hvilke høyverdige produkter som, med toving som teknikk, kan...2025-01-241h 06
The Straight Stitch: A Podcast About Sewing and Other Fiber Arts.Local Fleece to Local Clothing: Putting the Fibershed Concept Into PracticeSend us feedback about this episode!Today's guest is Susan Skalak, a fiber artist and owner of With Needle and Stick. Susan currently resides in Virginia, where her flock of sheep and goats provide the raw material with which she designs and makes custom needle-felted coats. Hear about Susan's journey from mechanical engineer to fiber artist and how those two practices are not as different as one might imagine. Susan's commitment to putting fibershed prinicples into practice is inspiring!Show notes for each episode: www.thestraightstitchpodcast.comMy website: www.janetszabo.comSee...2024-12-1745 min
Voices of the Valley Podcast & Radio ShowFibershed: Pulling on the Thread of Community: An Interview with Rebecca BurgessYou are not only what you eat, you are what you wear! Join us for an incredibly informative and fascinating conversation with Rebecca Burgess, founder of the Fibershed Organization, Community and Network. Rebecca Burgess, has two decades of experience working at the intersection of ecology, fiber systems, and regional economic development. She is the author of the best-selling book Harvesting Color, a bioregional look into the natural dye traditions of North America, and Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy released in 2019. She has taught at Westminster College, Harvard U...2024-12-0655 minThe Straight Stitch: A Podcast About Sewing and Other Fiber Arts.Fibersheds—Linking Producers to End UsersSend us feedback about this episode!Our guest today is Alayna Rasile, a member of the board of the Montana Fibershed. What is a fibershed, you ask? "A fibershed is a geographically defined area in which fiber resources (wool, flax, hemp, cotton, etc.) are produced and then used by the people living within its boundaries." We'll hear from Alayna about how the Montana Fibershed organization is overcoming geographic and economic challenges to connect fiber producers with end users. Show notes for each episode: www.thestraightstitchpodcast.comMy website: www.janetszabo.comSee my s...2024-11-1934 min
Baa's and Bleat's - The AASRP PodcastOPP with Dr. Rosie BSend us a textJoin us for a discussion about the effects of Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (small ruminant lentivirus) on flock management and lamb raising with Dr. Roselle (Rosie) Busch from the University of California's Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR). Dr. Busch is the California Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist and her website can be found here: https://ucanr.edu/sites/sheepngoat/In this episode we discuss identification of mastitis in pasture-raised sheep and the correlation between mastitis and OPP within a herd. We also discuss how this disease impacts lamb...2024-10-0145 min
ATTRA - Voices from the FieldSoil-to-Skin: Laura Sansone of New York Textile Lab on the Intersection of Growers and DesignersThis episode of Voices from the Field is part of our Soil-to-Skin podcast series, in which NCAT Carbon Farm Planners Allison Agee and Danielle Duni explore the relationships between soil health, fiber production, and market solutions. It is part of NCAT’s Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership with Colorado State University, Carbon Cycle Institute, Fibershed, Seed2Shirt, and New York Textile Lab. The Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership is funded by USDA’s Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities. Today, Allison and Danielle talk with Laura Sansone from New York Textile Lab about the intersection of fiber growers and de...2024-08-1445 min
The Long Thread PodcastEmily Lymm, Wool & PaletteHave you ever opened a book or seen a photograph and thought to yourself, “I have to learn to do that”?
When Emily Lymm first fell in love with knitting, she wondered casually if she could turn her passion for fiber arts into a profession. Not seeing many successful pathways to a career in knitting, she continued as a graphic designer. She loved the visual problem-solving of her job, but as time went by, she wished that she could do more to live her values of conservation and environmental responsibility.
Then one day, she picked up a...2024-08-1158 minATTRA - Voices from the FieldSoil-to-Skin: Tameka Peoples of Seed2Shirt Shares Her JourneyEpisode 356. Soil-to-Skin: Tameka Peoples of Seed2ShirtThis episode of Voices from the Field continues our Soil-to-Skin podcast series, in which NCAT Carbon Farm Planners Allison Cooley-Agee and Danielle Duni explore the relationships between soil health, fiber production, and market solutions. It is part of NCAT’s Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership with Colorado State University, Carbon Cycle Institute, Fibershed, Seed2Shirt, and New York Textile Lab. The Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership is funded by USDA’s Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities. Today, Allison and Danielle talk with Tameka Peoples of Seed2Shirt as she wa...2024-08-0740 minATTRA - Voices from the FieldSoil-to-Skin: Rebecca Burgess of Fibershed on Building CommunityThis episode of Voices from the Field begins our “Soil to Skin” podcast series, in which NCAT Carbon Farm Planners Allison Cooley-Agee and Danielle Duni explore the relationships between soil health, fiber production, and market solutions. The series is part of NCAT’s Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership with Colorado State University, Carbon Cycle Institute, Fibershed, Seed2Shirt, and New York Textile Lab. The Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership is funded by USDA’s Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities. Allison and Danielle talk about the project with Rebecca Burgess, the Executive Director of Fibershed, about building community around gro...2024-08-0140 min
All Things GreenEP 46 - Sustainable Fashion and Creating Circular Textile Manufacturing with Aidan MeanyIn this episode Anton is joined by Aidan Meany. Aidan is a champion of sustainable fashion, through his clothing business Found Surface and work to create a circular textile economy with Ohio’s fibershed initiative. This episode is sponsored by NXTGEN Clean Energy Solutions https://www.nxtgencleanenergy.com/Found Surfacehttps://www.instagram.com/foundsurface/, https://foundsurface.com/ Aidan's Email: aidan@foundsurface.com Fibershed Initiativehttps://fibershed.org Lattice - Digital Knittinghttps://latticeusa.org/ ...2024-04-1626 minThe Long Thread PodcastStephany Wilkes, Shearer, Wool Classer & AuthorBetween the sheep in the field and the lovely yarn in your hands lies the complex network of the wool industry. Fiber must be scoured, spun, and maybe dyed, and it all starts with shearing.
Attending a Fibershed symposium in 2012, Stephany Wilkes was surprised to learn that one of the barriers to local fiber production was a lack of trained shearers. A knitter and software developer, she had no hands-on livestock experience when she signed up for a shearing class through an extension center and found herself up to her elbows in wool. Despite the grueling labor...2023-12-3050 min
In het wolatelierS1E16 Wol is waardevolAan het tikken van de klok en het zoemen van de haard hoor
je dat de wolvriendinnen deze keer in het buitengebied van Tilburg zijn beland
om wat meer aardse zaken te bespreken. Dirk Jan heeft een duurzame oplossing
gevonden voor de wol die te vies en te slecht is om te spinnen. Maar wat voor
wol komt er vandaag uit de adventskalender?
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Weave Along 2023 – Het Bandweefblog
2023-12-0858 min