Fibreshed
Soil to Soil Ep. 12: What Would it Take to Make our Clothing Regionally? with Adrian Rodrigues and Nicholas Wenner
In this podcast, host Jess Daniels speaks with Adrian Rodrigues and Nicholas Wenner about the non-profit organisation Fibreshed’s Regional Fibre Manufacturing Initiative (RFMI). The RFMI was created after Fibreshed identified gaps and fragmentation in local milling and manufacturing, specifically for wool. They found that significant financial resources were required to develop the infrastructure needed for scaling. Fibreshed shifted its focus from looking specifically at the gaps in the infrastructure and investment to mapping the regional fibre ecosystem in all of its complexity, including underutilized locally available materials. The group discusses their work at the time of recording, which included resource mapping and needs assessment activities. Guests Rodrigues and Wenner also discuss the importance of the business aspects of a regenerative regional fibre system, such as the investment in the “triple bottom line”: profit, people, planet. They also provide insights into how to initiate such a project in other locations. Ultimately, the RFMI aims to regionalize textile manufacturing, “support local economies, and contribute to climate solutions.”
Daniels, Jess, host. 2021. “What Would It Take to Make Our Clothing Regionally? with Adrian Rodrigues and Nicholas Wenner.” Soil to Soil, Ep. 12 (podcast), January 27, 2021. Accessed June 21,2024. https://fibershed.org/podcast/soil-to-soil-ep-12-what-would-it-take-to-make-our-clothing-regionally-with-adrian-rodrigues-and-nicholas-wenner/.
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Soil to Soil Podcast Ep. 10: Why Regenerative Fiber Systems Are Rooted in Relationships with Place, with A-Dae Romero-Briones
Host Jess Daniels speaks with Rebecca Burges, founder of the Fibreshed non-profit, and A-Dae Romero-Briones, the Director of Programs for the First Nations Institute and an expert in Indigenous foodways, agriculture, and fibre history. Romero-Briones situates the project of healing our landscapes in ideas of connectedness and place, arguing a need to understand our relationships with place and ecology. She states that fulfilling our obligations to the Land is complicated by the impacts of dispossession. The pair discuss regenerative agriculture, traditional ecological knowledge, and “kincentric ecology.” She explains that in the United States, people have been separated from the natural world, and even the natural world has been divided up and separated; animals are seen as pests to agriculture, which must now be fenced off and protected, instead of part of a larger system. Regenerative agriculture is an attempt to create new systems that contribute to soil health. Burges and Romero-Jones also discuss economic design and its emphasis on competition; Romero-Briones argues that natural systems create balance and reciprocal relationships, and this can show us how to live with one another in more sustainable ways.
Daniels, Jess, host. 2020. “Why Regenerative Fiber Systems Are Rooted in Relationships with Place, with A-Dae Romero-Briones.” Soil to Soil, Ep. 10 (podcast), November 30, 2020. Accessed June 22, 2024. https://fibershed.org/podcast/soil-to-soil-podcast-ep-10-why-regenerative-fiber-systems-are-rooted-in-relationships-with-place-with-a-dae-romero-briones/.
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