- I have had an opportunity
to write a grant to think about how to activate
a local textile and clothing culture here in Wisconsin.
I m working with an engineer
who's really interested in these systems as well.
Around sustainability, we're hoping,
we're really, really hoping to create a network.
So there's another organization called Fiber Shed
who looks around at what is happening to create
sustainable textiles that can contribute to buying local.
So we've taken the local food movement.
And everyone just sort of understands that now.
Look at the popularity of the farmers market.
It's crazy. It s amazing.
And so I guess our goal with this project of identifying:
who's out there, who are the farmers,
who are the growers, who can process the material,
who can weave the cloth, who can make the clothing,
is to try to create those closed loop systems in Wisconsin.
So I'm just planting the seeds for that
but I think if we get this research funding,
it would be really exciting to create a database and
a network of how we can connect the dispirit players
around Wisconsin and in the Midwest
to create a new economy
around local and sustainable textiles and clothing.