Weaver's Choice: Fiber in the Environmental and Social Landscape 
Duration: 2 hours 
Synopsis 
The seminar will include a slide show and resource notebook.  Topics move from raw fiber sources and production to end product and by-product usage. 
Fibers discussed will include cotton--the differences between conventional, sustainable, and organic agricultural practices, recycled cotton, naturally colored cotton, and cotton properties. The terms used in marketing organic cotton and its look-alikes will be explained.  Recycling of cotton will be discussed with an update on the state of the art. 
A discussion of mill by-products and waste products will follow, with slides, samples, and ideas for re-use and recycling.