Contents

Introduction 1
1: The Cost of Our Clothes 17
2: The Fibershed Movement 43
3: Soil-to-Soil Clothing and
the Carbon Cycle 79
4: The False Solution of
Synthetic Biology 109
5: Implementing the Vision
with Plant-Based Fibers 129
6: Implementing the Vision
with Animal Fibers and Mills 173
7: Expanding the Fibershed Model 199
Conclusion: A Future Based in Truth 221

Acknowledgments 225
Appendix A: Ingredients to Watch 227
Appendix B : Fibershed Affiliates 237
Resources 249
Suggested Reading 259
Notes 261
Index 271