Laura Sansone is a textile designer, activist, and consultant. She is the creator of Textile Lab and is currently an Assistant Professor of Textiles at Parsons School of Design. She has developed initiatives that bring NY designers and farmers together with the goal of creating products that have social and environmental value.
Join Merlin Sheldrake, biologist and author of the bestselling book Entangled Life, for an illuminating conversation with CIIS professor of Ecology and Religion Elizabeth Allison. Merlin shares the ways these extraordinary organisms, and our relationships with them, change our understanding of the planet on which we live, and the ways that we think, feel, and behave.
Please save the date for a conversation about Sympoeisis with the curators. We’ll announce the time soon!
Join author and Native Literature Professor Emeritus Stan Rushworth and ecologist and activist-scholar Melissa K. Nelson for a unique conversation exploring ideas from Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about the current climate crisis.
Enjoy a talk with Julie Beeler about her Mushroom Color Atlas and discover the stunning and diverse range of colors derived from the kaleidoscopic fungi kingdom. Hear about her process, learn how to forage and identify dye mushrooms and discover how to transform the color into dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
As the 50th anniversary of the book Small is Beautiful, 2023 is our opportunity to advance solutions to today's social, economic, and environmental challenges that build on Schumacher’s original vision. To meet this calling, the Schumacher Center is convening a monthly series featuring New Economic thinkers, builders and activists from a range of fields. February's theme is Making Reparations: Seeding a Just Future.
The Redbud Resource Group is offering their Land Acknowledgments session in mid Jan.
Save the Date: Saturday, April 23rd. Screen printing workshop, natural dyeing demos, local fibers, art, and the launch of So Cal’s first Regional Fiber Sourcebook! Details >>
Please join us in a wonderful dialogue with Tiffany Loy, weaver of the Expanding Rectangles exhibit.
“A vision of an astonishing regenerative future.” Please join us for a conversation brimming with hope and a vision of the future: sustainability, agriculture, architecture, humanity, and textiles!
Join us! Let’s get into the weeds with Dr. Trejo, whose research explores the intersections of fibers, fashion, agriculture, and technology to support a local clothing and textiles economy.
“What truly nourishes you?” Artist, scholar, and author Katherine Pogson joins us for a weekend afternoon chat about her creative journey, and “redirecting the creative urge.”
A talk from author and illustrator, and fellow Cohort Member, Weshoyot Alvitre. Open to members of the Slow and Local Clothing Cohort.
This informative and provocative discussion will address sustainability beyond consumerism; addressing power dynamics in the industry and movement; and reframing our approaches to activism in sustainability.
The Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County protects, conserves, and restores natural resources through education, information, and technical assistance programs.
The LA Arboretum is hosting a soil talk - details at the link. This is a ticketed event - please be sure to link through to their site to enroll.
Join Fibershed founder Rebecca Burgess in San Francisco.
