Smith, Emily

In our inaugural episode of Fibre Stories, guests Rebecca Burgess and Emily Smith talk about new perspectives towards future fibre systems and how the Fibershed model offers a space to explore alternative economics and local production. In this episode, we discuss: The formation of Fibershed, the Fibreshed Field School and the philosophy behind them; decolonizing education; an alternate look at universities as place-based knowledge institutions; regenerative fibre practices, comparing scale of traditional fibre systems to industrial fibre systems. Episode Guests: Emily Smith is the creator of the Fibershed Field School and co-founder of the Vancouver Fibreshed. Rebecca Burgess is an author, the executive director of Fibershed and Board Chair of the Carbon Cycle Institute. Keywords: Fibershed, Education, Local Economies of Production, Colonial & Decolonial Fibre Systems, Place-based Knowledge