#planktonnotplastic

So sorry for all the technical difficulties today but let’s open up the chat to questions regarding their project, some of the exciting fabrics as part of the quilt and what they hope to do as a result OF the project!

I am reading everything that I can find about iron holding mud. Sometimes they say it must ferment. Did the swamp smell???

Great presentations and projects. Are you doing anything to address sustainability of natural materials, such as how cotton led to a drought in Uzbekistan?

I worked with a Taiwanese student, his mother makes barkcloth from Mullberry tree his name is Weiyu Hung

Do you need interns?

He uses it like lace

Is there somewhere we can see Carroll’s presentation after this FF is over? Very sad to miss it.

The technical difficulties are part of the process, it’s no problem and no need to apologize! So worth the wait!

how about dogbane "native hemp"

They make cloth from bark in Okinawa.

Yes, is there a way to participate!?

Also mulberry feeding silk-moths make silk used for paper and fabric!

Once we find petroleum-based fabrics in our closets, what’s the most environmentally responsible thing to do? I think many of us wonder how best to divest. Make something new that doesn’t need washing? 😊

Thank you all for doing such amazing work!

Good evening from SW England. I am a long time friend of the lovely Carroll and have been collecting textiles for many years, mostly from Asia. Such a fantastic project and so informative. Do hope we can have Carroll’s presentation too. Thank you for having me!

Is there any natural fiber that can substitute for elastic?

Please consider signing up for our newsletter I will be happy to share slideshow on Himalayan Dyes this next month. My apologies for technical difficulties!

That video perfectly illustrated why I love the effects of rust (iron) on botanical dyes - the transformative nature of it. Thank you, all - that was inspiring.

Can we get addresses for newsletter/social media feeds?

what a delightful event. So interesting! Thank you Leslie for sending a link. I would love to get involved more than I am at the moment. It would be great to have further links to follow through

Love naturally colored cotton.

Can't wait to see the quilt. Would love to learn more.

There’s some interesting work in Peru, using the naturally colored content.

NY Times article today about t-shirt factory in Ga (I think) using locally grown cotton - tho not organic.)

fab thank you Amy

First time patricipating to this amazing presentation & group. Can you pls provide the links & coordinates of the organizations, participants, etc

I have been seeing a new product called “sea wool” that includes recycled PET and I wonder if it’s actually helpful or if it’s a well-intentioned but still greenwashing of ocean plastic?

Promise we will get Carroll’s presentation and put in the video so you can all see!!!

Thank you! This is fantastic- I’m so sorry I have to log off now. I will definitely rewatch when the recording is posted!

I believe there is a filter for your washing machine that will remove microplastics

Fascinating and inspiring presentation, all; thank you! I’m looking forward to seeing Carroll’s work, too!

Thank you, Thank you Thank you, so informative .

Thank you for addressing all these things that are really on my mind.

Thank you so much; great presentation!

Companies like https://fabscrap.org/ recycle textile ‘surplus’ to remake as stuffing, etc so it won’t end up in landfills

Thanks so much for this presentation and the work y’all are doing.

Thank you for those tips on caring for microplastic fabrics....that makes folks with lower incomes able to also do things that can make a difference. (It is sad but 100% natural fabric clothes (especially if you start looking at what is being used as the thread during the sewing together of the cloth) in the usa are often so expensive they are out of reach for many folks! I hope that this will change as we continue to transition away from fossil fuels as it should be the opposite - fossil fuel based fabrics should be priced at their true impact to people and the environment!)

this is one of the most amazing project I've come across and I follow sustainable fashion for so many years! I am so looking forward to the instagram and website! For an exhibition compostclothes we wondered is a cotton with elastomer best buried and feed the cotton back to the soil, or woud the 3% of elastomer be to much a burden on the soil??? Were do we find more answers?

please wear blue on Jan 11 for Human Trafficking awareness day.

Has anyone found bras made out of something other than synthetics from fossil fuels?

Thank you for pulling your disciplines together - everything and every one is so interconnected.

Yes - I’ve seen organic cotton bras

There os bamboo underwear widely available in Europe and Asia

The bra's and underwear often contain elastomers still called sustainable

Organic Linen or cotton is better. Bamboo takes some really corrosive chemicals to make the fiber soft enough for cloth

There are guppy ball available to go in the washing machine which will help trap the microplastics.

gotta say this is the most wonderful uplifting info and sharing I have experienced as we go into this new year.So grateful for this Hych'qua siem as we say here on Coast Salish territory

I have organic cotton undies from Etsy UmaPlumShop

The guppyballs don't solve the problem, what do you do with the fibers from the ball???

Amazing work at the intersection of science, art, culture, and sustainability. I can’t wait to share 80 Fabrics with my students and colleagues. Thanks so much to all. Fabulous Feedback Friday!

How do we remove capitalization from the process. I worry about big business commodifying natural materials

The problem is the large population on the planet.

Whatever we do has to be afordable for everyone.

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Fantastic presentation!!

Agreed. I also am worried about the commodification of natural materials by capitalism.

Also see The Atlas of Disappearing Places by Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros. Illustrations are alone seaweed paper

Excellent presentatin

Wonderful, thank you all!!!

Thank you!

Thank you! Wonderful!!

all on seaweed paper

Thanks so much!

Fibershed has so much information

Thank you so much!

Many, many thanks!!!

Thank you thank you for your wonderful work! I look forward to see what you will be doing next!

Thank you, a great talk to return to!

Wonderful presentation! Tx!!!

Thank you so much!!

We will figure this out together!

Thank you!

Beautiful, sooo wonderful, so inspirational, thank you sooo much

Thank you!

This is a great podcast about the second hand market in Ghana https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2021/9/29/ep-150-liz-ricketts-waste-colonialism-dead-white-mans-clothes

so uplifting thank you

Thank you!

INCREDIBLE and oh so inspiring! Big applause from Maine.

AMAZING!!!!! Just totally amazing- thank you!!!!\

Hi Carroll, Great to see you. Can’t wait to see your presentation!!!!

interesting points. open grazing would run up against property fences. which in turn will get us into discussion of property lines and prop rights. which ultimately leads to how economies are structured. yes. everything's linked, isn't it?

Thank you so much. An incredible project I will be following closely!

Looking forward to seeing Carol's presentation, I've been to Bhutan, it is a beautiful country!

THANK YOU. VERY INTERESTING AND INSPIRING.

Wonderful presentations! Thank you so much!

We should have a list about what is best to do's about used textiles!

Really loving the prompts on the Fibreshed challenge...definitely been a challenge for me.

Thank you for the wonderful work! I look forward to your work in the future!

https://fibershed.org/

I finished day seven

Wow, thanks for sharing about the Fibershed Challenge!!!

Fibershed’s 7-Day Slow Fashion Challenge

Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you for today...so much to re-watch and hear again.

Thank you this was very interesting!

Love green!

THANKS VERY INTERESTING

wool is still a wonderful fibre.

Thank you for this! So interesting and helpful!!

Your enthusiasm is contagious! So interesting and inspiring.

Thank You very much!

Thank you so much!

Thank you — fascinating and so important!