DIY: Softening Plant Fibers with Coconut Oil
One of the challenges with using truly sustainable plant fibers are that they are not initially soft to the touch. “Truly sustainable” meaning not using any chemicals at all in...
Dyeing with Kitchen Scraps: Yellow Onion Skins
Play with your food! Onion skins are one of the easiest materials to collect and experiment with if you're new to the natural dye scene. Yellow onion skins give rich...
DIY: Non-toxic Flying Wish Paper!
I first came across Flying Wish Paper several years ago and was immediately hooked: Writing my heart’s desires on a piece of colorful paper, lighting it on fire and watching...
Plants Are Sentient Beings
Listen to Bioneers Co-Founder and CEO Kenny Ausubel discuss how science now shows that plants are sentient beings as they perceive light, smell, touch, water and many more variables than we...
WHAT TO WEAR TO BE KIND TO THE PLANET
Our vote is for plant-based chemical-free wildcrafted fibers. This is not always easy to choose given the current state of the fashion industry. With unregulated commerce and companies marketing "eco-friendly", "green", and...
Dyeing with Avocado Pits
Image by Rebecca Desnos Recently we came upon an article on one of our natural dye heroes, Sasha Duerr. We learned about how she started her love affair with natural...