Musical Tribe of the BIG ONE
Let's bring music to the village of solutions
The Musical Tribe is the chief harmonic body of the BIG ONE. The musical tribe is eclectic. There are didjeridoos, huacas, flutes, drums, guitars, and much more! Come join and celebrate with the tribe. Try to even learn a new instrument.. Dance to the music all day!As Lorin Maazel, the conductor of the NY Philharmonic declared in Pyong Yang, North Korea ...learn more
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Created: Feb 29, 2008
Updated: May 25, 2008
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Sasha Duerr
Sasha
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About
With an MFA in Textiles from the California College of Arts and Crafts and a love for cross-pollination, I am in the midst of developing a design think-tank and resource network for cultivating new ideas between environmentalists and fashion/textile designers. Through looking closely at environmental systems, by archiving traditional and innovative non-toxic materials, innovating with plant fibers and dyes, and highlighting systems of alternative energy and creative reuse (of which textiles has a history of 100,000 years in the making!) we can also hope for greater cultural and environmental synthesis in the process.
Food, Shelter, and Clothing, long known for being the three basic human needs, have much to share in this alliance. This is especially true for clothing as it relates to recognition and revival in the sustainability movement. As we enter further into the WorldChanging phase, this threefold platform has much to explore- as clothing and textiles have long been connected not only to material necessity, but to celebration of culture, ethnobotany, creative reuse, women, indigenous people, and, of course, an innate sense of place.
Food, Shelter, and Clothing, long known for being the three basic human needs, have much to share in this alliance. This is especially true for clothing as it relates to recognition and revival in the sustainability movement. As we enter further into the WorldChanging phase, this threefold platform has much to explore- as clothing and textiles have long been connected not only to material necessity, but to celebration of culture, ethnobotany, creative reuse, women, indigenous people, and, of course, an innate sense of place.
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Hi Sasha :)
Found you on a discussion thread about "Sustainable Textiles and Fashion Portal". I'm sure you've heard of Ecolect.net, a "sustainable materials community" to list your findings on sustainable textile materials. But if you haven't, definitely go, check, and join their effort. They aim to create a free database of sustainable materials for designers of all kind to use in their products. And you ofcourse must have heard William McDonough's work at Innovatex. But if you haven't don't forget to read "Tranforming the Textile Industry - Victor Innovatex" @ http://www.mcdonough.com/writings/transforming_textile.htm I wish you the very best in your work. |
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Hi Sasha,
My topic is sustainable water systems. We presently have a major problem with nutrients in water. Mostly it comes from negligent agricultural practicies but also from wastewater. The larger part of nutrients enter wastewater with urine. To separate urine from the rest before it reaches our sewers could be one way to improve the situation.
Then we would need applications for urine. It could be used as a natural fertiliser. There are limits to that in towns.
Romans seem to have used urine for laundry, especially bleaching. And as recently as a few centuries ago urine was still collected in linen producing areas in Europe for bleaching. Do you know anything about that? Could you imagine such uses nowadays, maybe with a specific treatment of the urine beforehand?
Looking forward to reading you,
best regards
Martin