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February 19, 2023
Fiber
Lesley Roberts
world’s oldest pants

With the help of an expert weaver, archaeologists have unraveled the design secrets behind the world’s oldest pants. The 3,000-year-old wool trousers belonged to a man buried between 1000 and 1200 BCE in Western China. To make them, ancient weavers combined four different techniques to create a garment specially engineered for fighting on horseback, with flexibility in some places and sturdiness in others.

world’s oldest pants
February 10, 2023
Resources
Lesley Roberts
How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important

This compelling 12-minute film showcases the beautiful dance between sheep and shearer, the importance of sheep shearing to the health and well-being of sheep, and the impact that Slow Fashion and local wool have on the economy and local community.

How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important
January 26, 2023
Community News, Perspective
Lesley Roberts
The Future is Wool: NASA

After a 1.4-million-mile mission beyond the Moon and back, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived back at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 30 December 2022. On board was wool air filter technology developed by New Zealand-based Lanaco.

The Future is Wool: NASA
January 21, 2023
Perspective
Lesley Roberts
Wool Pellets

“This has big implications. If Wool Pellets are picked up for in-store placement, we estimate Lowe’s will purchase 1.5 million pounds of wool pellets annually for their stores.”

Wool Pellets
Lesley Roberts
March 3, 2021
Fiber

Climate Beneficial Fiber Pool

Lesley Roberts
March 3, 2021
Fiber
Climate Beneficial Fiber Pool

Fibershed has launched a b2b program that makes 100% natural fibers available to brands, as well as scaffolding end-to-end domestic distribution channels for the production of apparel, home & soft goods.

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Lesley Roberts
March 2, 2021
Profile

Making and Agriculture: A Video with Fernando Laposse

Lesley Roberts
March 2, 2021
Profile
Making and Agriculture: A Video with Fernando Laposse

Designer Fernando Laposse is pioneering an extraordinary project that combines making and agriculture.

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Lesley Roberts
March 1, 2021
Fiber

Ecoregional Fibers List: Some Thoughts from Kamea Chayne

Lesley Roberts
March 1, 2021
Fiber
Ecoregional Fibers List: Some Thoughts from Kamea Chayne

Kamea Chayne of Green Dreamer - and her new substack Uprooted - offers an overview of native fibers, a work in progress.

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Lesley Roberts
March 1, 2021
Perspective

The Dharma of Fashion

Lesley Roberts
March 1, 2021
Perspective
The Dharma of Fashion

One way to reconsider our relationship with fashion, via some thoughts by Otto von Busch, associate professor of Integrated Design, School of Design Strategies, in his 2020 book The Dharma of Fashion.

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Lesley Roberts
February 28, 2021
Perspective

Fibershed in WWD: Grass Roots & Policy

Lesley Roberts
February 28, 2021
Perspective
Fibershed in WWD: Grass Roots & Policy

Rebecca Burgess, “What I’m realizing is there’s a need for brands to work pre-competitively, so part of this is that we need a coalition of brands to get on the same page to be able to even construct these new realities for themselves.”

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Lesley Roberts
February 25, 2021
Perspective

America Sheep Industry Annual Meeting Notes

Lesley Roberts
February 25, 2021
Perspective
America Sheep Industry Annual Meeting Notes

Mary Hurley of the Inland Empire Fibershed attended this year’s American Sheep Industry Conference. She shares her notes with us.

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Lesley Roberts
September 1, 2020
Perspective

Timberland Will be Fully Circular by 2030

Lesley Roberts
September 1, 2020
Perspective
Timberland Will be Fully Circular by 2030

Getting into the game with a big promise.

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May 16, 2020

Regenerative Agriculture: What is it?

Guest User
May 16, 2020
Regenerative Agriculture: What is it?

Curious about regenerative agriculture? Take a look at the overall idea behind this practice, and how it can help us form healthy bonds with our land and animals.

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With the help of an expert weaver, archaeologists have unraveled the design secrets behind the world’s oldest pants. The 3,000-year-old wool trousers belonged to a man buried between 1000 and 1200 BCE in Western China. To make them, ancient weavers combined four different techniques to create a garment specially engineered for fighting on horseback, with flexibility in some places and sturdiness in others.

Fiber
How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important
Resources
How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important
Resources

This compelling 12-minute film showcases the beautiful dance between sheep and shearer, the importance of sheep shearing to the health and well-being of sheep, and the impact that Slow Fashion and local wool have on the economy and local community.

Resources
The Future is Wool: NASA
Community News, Perspective
The Future is Wool: NASA
Community News, Perspective

After a 1.4-million-mile mission beyond the Moon and back, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived back at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 30 December 2022. On board was wool air filter technology developed by New Zealand-based Lanaco.

Community News, Perspective
Wool Pellets
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Wool Pellets
Perspective

“This has big implications. If Wool Pellets are picked up for in-store placement, we estimate Lowe’s will purchase 1.5 million pounds of wool pellets annually for their stores.”

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Post Growth Institute
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The Post Growth Institute is an international, not for profit organization working to enable collective wellbeing within ecological limits.

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The Tongva Taraxat Paxaava Conservancy is shpeherding land back efforts, as well as offering resources for thoughtful use of land, yards, caring for the land.

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SoCal Fibershed: March-2022 Alpaca Adventures

March Alpaca Adventures included touring a SoCal Fibershed mill & and volunteering at my first shearing event. 

SoCal Fibershed: February Alpaca Adventures
Fiber, Alpacas, Community News, Farm Visit, Perspective, SoCal Fibershed
SoCal Fibershed: February Alpaca Adventures
Fiber, Alpacas, Community News, Farm Visit, Perspective, SoCal Fibershed

February focused on various ways to process & work with alpaca fiber & meeting folks who gather regularly to share various fiber projects each are working on. Here are links to February's Alpaca Adventures:

Fiber, Alpacas, Community News, Farm Visit, Perspective, SoCal Fibershed
Introducing Bev-Sue's Alpaca Adventures
Fiber, Perspective, Alpacas, SoCal Fibershed
Introducing Bev-Sue's Alpaca Adventures
Fiber, Perspective, Alpacas, SoCal Fibershed

My Alpaca Adventures covers this year-long journey where I share experiences about my weekly volunteer days at Alpacas at Windy Hills, attend fibershed events, participate in & contribute to the nascent fibershed movement. Each month I’ll post a summary of the prior month’s journal entries & discoveries.

Fiber, Perspective, Alpacas, SoCal Fibershed
CA Needs An Agricultural Revolution
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CA Needs An Agricultural Revolution
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“Similarly, a new path for California may seem revolutionary in its vision as it will mean dissolving current systems, reappropriating land through expropriation for the benefit of the many, and insisting on mutualism and collaboration for new social organizations. But it’s a vision that can be possible if we decide this is the future we want, and resolve to follow a new ethic, one of mutual respect, one of compassion, and one that is aimed toward nurturing life.” Orange orchard in Ojai Valley. Image by Stephanie Pincetl.

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Our practice is based in the greater Los Angeles area, originally Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, South Channel Islands); the traditional lands of the Tongva people. We acknowledge that their sovereignty was never ceded, and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), Ahiihirom (Elders), and eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.