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Sierra Club Presentation: What is a Fibershed? Connecting clothes & the health of the planet

Join us for an evening with Jess Boeke and Sarah Pottle, founders of Rust Belt Fibershed, a collaborative network of fiber farmers, processors, and designers from the Rust Belt Region working with the resources within a 250 mile radius of Cleveland. The goal of Rust Belt FIbershed is to build a community that collaboratively supports locally grown textiles in a way that decreases consumption of fast fashion and works to restore the soil. She aspires to connect everyone in all parts of our local fiber system: farmers, fiber processors from large mills to home spinners, weavers, dyers and fiber artist to designers, shop owners, consumers, and fiber enthusiasts. Through this project, she hopes to foster friendship, creativity, and a greater respect for our environment, as well as an understanding of the local and global impact.

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