Sensing Seaweeds

Dive into the world of seaweeds at our inaugural Materials as Species workshop! Ideal for textile professionals, academics, and enthusiasts, this educational event offers a unique blend of sensory experiences, hands-on learning, and material insights.

Hosted at Building 5, Portland’s historic Marine Artwork building, attendees will explore Pacific Northwest seaweeds to uncover their role in marine ecosystems and their potential in the future of textiles, while engaging in immersive learning and networking with a community of sustainability-minded peers.

Program Overview:

As the textile industry faces a future of climate-related risks, the chance to reshape our relationship with Earth’s living systems begins now. To shape the future of performance apparel and materials, companies must take a comprehensive approach and deepen our commitment to sustainability alongside innovation, reintegrating ecosystems into supply chains and positive wellbeing into work.

By exploring the life cycles and flows of materials in the textile industry through multi-sensory, experiential learning, we can begin to weave human-made supply chains to more-than-human ecosystems. Through slowing down, observing, reflecting, and reimagining with fellow peers, new perspectives are born and connections are made that can sustain the work ahead.

With a focus at the intersection of sustainable textiles and oceans, this event invites attendees to collaboratively explore Pacific Northwest seaweeds to understand broader marine ecosystems and their significance in the future of fashion and textile industries. Through a blend of immersive learning, textile education, and community networking, this event is designed to empower attendees to grow human and more-than-human connections that will help them reimagine new possibilities for themselves, their work, and their world.

Purpose:

To foster sustainability community, education, and ecosystem empathy through hands-on exploration, imagination, and networking.

Outcomes:

1) Reframe material systems by recognizing materials as species and supply chains as ecosystems, understanding their inherent interconnectedness.

2) Describe seaweed’s significance across time and cultures, including identifying examples of historical use, contemporary development, and its prospective future applications across fashion, textiles, food, medicine, and agriculture.

3) Demonstrate multi-sensory engagement and experiential learning to establish embodied connections and materials-led making methods, using macroalgae as a medium.

4) Engage in co-speculative discussions and collaborative thinking to reimagine material futures with a diverse audience of industry practitioners and interdisciplinary experts.

5) Provide deep connective tissue and high-level engagement for attendees to advance deeper discussion around sustainability and innovation.

****As part of the workshop, attendees will receive custom wooden weaving frames for their own weaving exploration with our featured material species: PNW seaweeds*****

Target Audience:

This workshop is ideal for textile professionals, academics, and enthusiasts – we particularly encourage those working in sustainability, design, product, materials development, sourcing, and supply chain management to attend. To make this workshop as accessible as possible, we’re offering a sliding scale based on the attendee's company size (if applicable). Apparel or textile academics, students, scientists, and nonprofits are welcome to select lower rates, and those facing financial difficulties are encouraged to contact us directly for scholarship consideration. For scholarship consideration, please reach out to krystle@materevolve.com and share a bit about your motivations to attend.

About the Hosts:

Krystle Moody Wood is the founder and principal consultant of Materevolve, LLC. - a company driven to lead the evolution of our materials world. After a decade in sustainable materials innovation and development, Krystle founded Materevolve with the mission to develop and scale innovative regenerative textile systems through the lens of soil, sea, and circularity. Through Materevolve, Krystle designs nature-immersed experiential learning programs, provides technical consulting cross-sector, and fosters trail-blazing collaboration between science, industry, government, non-profit and academia. Krystle loves to nerd out on all things sustainable textiles but her superpowers are materials innovation, microfiber pollution, and regenerative agriculture.

Jessie Curry is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher based between London, UK and Portland, OR. Whether through her studio, VonCurry, or personal artistic practice, Jessie engages in material experimentation, visual research, and conceptual design across fashion, costume, performance and sculpture. With a background in apparel and costume design combined with a career in sustainability and communications, Jessie brings an interdisciplinary approach to her research-led visual stories, focusing on materiality, consumption, embodiment and ecology. While not immersed in design, Jessie can be found reading about plant communication and quietly playing with plants outside.

You can register for the program ASAP here. We offer a sliding scale of ticket prices.

Timed to align with the OIA Catalyst Conference, we are co-hosting a small, intimate gathering with Kathy Hattori, President of Botanical Colors in her dye studio in Seattle, Washington.

To begin, we will tour her studio to learn more about her natural dye process and operation- working with individual dye and fiber enthusiasts to incredible sustainabliity brand leaders like Eileen Fisher on their Renew collection.

Following the tour, we will learn techniques and the process for bundle dyeing with organic cotton bandanas and flowers from US dye farmers. We also may have time for a quick dip in indigo while our bundles are steaming :)

About Kathy Hattori

Kathy Hattori is a recognized authority on natural dyes, pigments, and commercial applications of natural dyes and has worked in the field since 2003. She developed numerous commercial processes using natural dye extracts in the industrial textile environment. She consults and advises brands and retailers on their natural dye implementation strategies and has worked with the largest natural dye houses in the US. 

Her experience includes creating a natural dye program for the largest organically certified tannery in Europe, presenting papers at international textile conferences and supporting clients such as Eileen Fisher and other sustainable brands. Kathy teaches and lectures about natural dyes and is sought after as a speaker about the status of natural dyes in global textile production.

Follow the link to our Eventbrite to register. Tickets are $85 and cover the costs of materials.

This November 1st, hosted in collaboration with Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemistry Foundation (ZDHC) and The Microfibre Consortium (TMC), we will take an intimate group of textile professionals on an experiential learning journey to explore and better understand fibre fragmentation upsteam in textile manufacturing. This program is designed specifically for delegates attending the 2024 Textile Exchange Conference in Pasadena this Fall.

To showcase and promote the latest advancements and collaborative efforts between ZDHC and TMC in reducing the formation and emission of microfibres in the textile industry, this program aims to demonstrate practical applications and effective strategies that can be adopted by industry stakeholders to mitigate environmental impact and adhere to emerging sustainability standards. Co-curated with fiber fragmentation experts from Materevolve, this experiential learning program will also highlight key research and integrated aspects of fibre fragment pollution with current brand sustainability strategies to deepen the “Case for Change”.  

Beginning with a tour of a local wastewater treatment facility, we will learn about water treatment processes performed in the LA region including preliminary, primary, secondary, tertiary, and disinfection-dechlorination stages.  Together, as we ride to Long Beach, we will compare and contrast what we have learned about the global landscape of textile water treatment and dig deeper into the preliminary manufacturing guidelines developed by ZDHC and TMC. 

Upon arrival in Long Beach, we will have a lively catered working lunch near the beach.  After lunch, attendees will get the opportunity to tour and get hands-on experience with the leading plastic pollution lab Moore Institute of Plastic Pollution Research (MIPPR). Following the lab tours at MIPPR, we will head back to the Pasadena Convention Center with plenty of time for networking on board our bus charter and building key takeaways to address fibre fragmentation together.

If you are interested in joining this tour, you will need to sign up through the Textile Exchange website.

Alongside the U.S. EPA Trash Free Waters Program, we invited you to join us for a webinar on the newly released Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee Report on Microfiber Pollution – as part of the Trash Free Waters webinar series.

The goal of this webinar is to highlight the significance of the Report and touch on the following learning objectives:

• Expound on the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee Report on Microfiber Pollution

• Defining what constitutes a ‘microfiber’.

• Highlighting the persistent risks posed by microfiber pollution.

• Underscoring the level of interagency collaboration and information sharing that went into developing the report.

• Briefly discussing the Save Our Seas Act and the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee.

• Discussing current policy measures and federal agency actions proposed in the report.

• Introducing the audience to the Fighting Fibers Act

• Providing an overview of the global implications of fighting microfiber pollution; other nations pursuing similar policies, and the challenges/lessons learned that could be applied to the U.S. remediation efforts.

Email krystle@materevolve.com for more information on registering for this virtual program.

On the afternoon of Wednesday October 16, join Materevolve for a cross-learning opportunity and Waste Water Treatment Plant Tour in Sausalito, California.

Learn about the different stages of waste water treatment processing and the challenges that waste water treatment plants face in managing persistent pollutants like PFAS and microfibers. Together, we will discuss what we know from current research around microfiber/plastics in bio-solids captured in the waste water treatment process and share resources for collaborative efforts and best practices in development both regionally and globally.

About Wastewater in Sausalito

• Wastewater collection in Sausalito is provided by the City of Sausalito Department of Public Works

• Wastewater treatment and conveyance services in Sausalito are provided by the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District (SMCSD)

• SMCSD was formed in 1950 is governed by an elected five-member Board of Directors

• The Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District treatment plant is located just outside Sausalito City limits at 1 East Road

• Wastewater collection, treatment, and conveyance in Sausalito are paid for as part of annual property taxes

  • The annual sewer service charge from the SMCSD will appear on property tax bills as "Sausalito-Marin City Sani"

  • The City of Sausalito's assessment for maintenance and repair of collection system pipes in Sausalito will appear as "sewer charge Sausalito"

Links

• City of Sausalito Public Works: www.sausalito.gov/publicworks

• Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District: www.sausalitomarincitysanitarydistrict.com
  

Email krystle@materevolve.com to join this intimate tour. Max capacity is 8 people.

On Friday, September 27th, set sail with us to discuss important topics at the intersection of textile sustainability and oceans.

Our 3rd annual Textile X Ocean Connector Sail Program will build off of past programs, bringing experts together to educate and discuss current research and solutions at the intersection of textiles and oceans. Our programming is designed to deepen connections between attendees and help answer hard questions about textile-derived ocean pollution (i.e. microfiber pollution), climate change, textile waste, green chemistry, ocean-thoughtful material alternatives, and more.

The programming will include our signature "Educational Tastings" - a series of short expert presentations that inspire conversation and discussion. Our tastings are facilitated by leaders at the intersection of Textile X Ocean with diverse backgrounds and a passion for knowledge-sharing.

On board, you will learn how microfiber pollution is measured, what we know about the potential sources and pathways for fiber pollution in our region, discuss solutions at the forefront of our Textile X Ocean community, and upcoming ways to get involved in furthering research and solutions.

DISCUSSION TOPICS:

Microfiber Pollution || Materials Innovation || Green Chemistry || Biodegradation || Ecotoxicity || Policy Updates || New Material Alternatives || Environmental Justice

AGENDA:

12:30 pm Attendees Arrive // Check-In with Materevolve (near the flag poles)

12:45 pm Welcome from Materevolve & Sponsors on Dock

1:00 - 1:45 pm Set Sail, Research Demos from from Dr. Susanne Brander and Dr. Win Cowger

1:45 - 2:30 pm Expert Speaker Tastings Round 1

Haley Haggerstone (Seatrees) - How can businesses be a driving force in restoring blue carbon ecosystems to address climate change?*

Anna Bateman (The Microfiber Consortium) - How do we move fiber fragmentation (aka microfiber pollution) away from a ‘niche’ part of sustainability strategies to an integral and more intrinsically connected topic?

Carolynn Box (Materevolve) - How can local, statewide and federal policy play a role in driving solutions to microfiber pollution?

2:30 - 3:00 pm Raise the Sails!

3:00 - 3:45 pm Expert Speaker Tastings Round 2

Alyssa Pace (Sway)- How do we create next-generation materials that are both regenerative and circular?

Dr. Timnit Kefela (CSU Channel Islands) - How can environmental justice be a driver for systems innovation at the intersection of textiles and oceans?

Krystle Moody Wood (Materevolve) - What are key actions that brands and material innovators can take now to address end-of-life impacts of fiber and textile production?

3:45 - 4:00 pm Sail to Dock

4:30 pm Debrief on Collaboration, ‘Offerings and Needs’ Activity, and Next Steps

5:00 pm Continue the conversation at the Post-Event Gathering at PizzaHacker, Mill Valley (Optional)

TARGET ATTENDEES:

Target participants include a cross-sector group of textile industry experts, textile company representatives, scientists, policy makers, representatives from universities and environmental groups, students, young professionals, and other interested stakeholders. Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues or other interested parties that may like to join. We have limited sponsorship tickets available - please reach out to cbox@materevolve.com to discuss.

VESSEL:

This learning experience will be hosted on Call of the Sea's schooner SV Seaward - a beautiful 82’ classic staysail schooner! No sailing experience is required but if you want to help the crew, you are welcome!

ABOUT THE SPONSORS

California Chapter of AATCC - The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) was founded in 1921 to connect the global textile community and empower a more innovative, informed, and sustainable future. Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, AATCC has provided standards development, testing materials, educational resources, and professional networking to the global textile industry for more than a century. The California Chapter of AATCC was also a sponsor of the 2022 and 2023 Textile X Ocean Connector Sails.

Coyuchi - Connecting people to the raw beauty and transformative power of nature since 1991, Coyuchi elevated organic home goods to pioneer conscious luxury without compromise. Drawing from the hues and facets of nature, we create indulgently soft, heirloom-quality pieces that enliven your living spaces with effortless elegance. Each element of a Coyuchi home flows with the pure restorative energy of the earth, sustainably sourced and thoughtfully crafted to inspire well-being and connect generations.

See our dedicated page for this program here.

In collaboration with Stephany Wilkes of West by Midwest, Hannah Mae Miller of Refonte Ventures and Lacey Sharp and Matty Elliot of Happy Goat farm, we co-hosted upcoming webinar centered around the important findings of a business feasibility study funded by a USDA Grant.

Krystle Moody Wood of Materevolve served as one of the principal investigators.

The webinar includes:

• An overview of the importance of prescribed grazing in the local land context

• The state of US cashmere production in the context of global production

• Challenges and opportunities in building a hybrid cashmere and contract grazing business

• Ways stakeholders can support the development of regional and regenerative fiber and food systems

The educational program ran for about 40 minutes and had a 30 minute Q&A and discussion session that followed.

Watch the zoom recording here.

Regenerative Future Now: Salon Series is a space for exploration around regenerative thinking and to foster creativity as an essential tool for building a regenerative future. In partnership with sustainable textile consultancy, Materevolve, every two weeks we will alternate between a fireside speaker series and a creative studio + social night. The purpose of these events is to incubate conversation and community around topics related to creating more regenerative lifestyles, businesses, and economies.

What is regeneration? It goes beyond sustainability to create living systems and improved ways of relating to each other and the planet, rooted in nature-based design principles. Regeneration carries forward Indigenous ways of life, while defining them in the context of our modern world—a creative process that invites all people to participate.

These events are casual in nature, intimate (max capacity 15), and have the potential to build meaningful and lasting connections around a shared intention. 

May 23 - Listening to Your Business with Kris Galmarini of Longway & Lisa Moir of Val Des Monts

How can we get out of our own way and cultivate a dialogue with our business for more flow and ease?

DATE: May 9

TIME: 6-8pm

WHERE: DMCO Studio, 67 Redhill Ave, San Anselmo, CA

COST: Free!

SIGN UP ON THE DMCO STUDIO WEBSITE HERE.

ABOUT THE GUESTS

KRIS GALMARINI Longway California

Kris Galmarini has been in the garment business for 11 years. Her first entry was making patterns and poorly sewing little kid garments so her husband could screen print them out of their spare bedroom in Charleston SC. Eventually, this evolved to wholesaling to a long list of stores, one of which included Nordstrom. After having three kids, and re-locating "home" to San Anselmo, the shift into predominantly adult clothing began. Now, five years later, LONGWAY, which also has a coffee shop inside its brick and mortar space in downtown San Anselmo, is an ethical clothing brand creating designs with longevity in the clothing industry. LONGWAY produces in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Peru with partnerships that celebrate each person in the process, with a focus on natural and sustainable fibers.

LISA MOIR Val De Monts 

Lisa Moir has worked in the Fashion and Design Industry for over 20 years. First in fashion design and textiles in Canada before finding her way to California and becoming a wardrobe stylist for commercial and fashion shoots. Her interest in regeneration began at a young age, through the love and connection of the land she grew up on and observing its degenerating lakes, taking a position in a non-profit to work on regenerating shorelines in lakes in Quebec. She has since studied regenerative agriculture through Terra Genesis, eco-spirituality through Emergence, and began the project Val Des Monts in 2019 after many years of observing the throwaway culture of fast fashion through her years of styling. The project is rooted in choosing climate beneficial fibers following a Carbon Farm Plan and working to try to inspire consumers to reconnect with their relationship to nature - she believes that when we care what we wear, our choices reflect a more reciprocal, rather than disposable relationship to land.

ABOUT THE HOSTS

KRYSTLE MOODY WOOD Materevolve

Krystle Moody Wood is the founder and principal consultant of Materevolve, LLC., a company driven to lead the evolution of our materials world. Materevolve was founded in 2018 with the mission to develop and scale innovative regenerative textile systems through the lens of soil, sea and circularity by designing nature-forward experiential learning programs, providing technical consulting to leaders in many sectors, and fostering trail-blazing collaborations between science, industry, government, and non-profit.  After 15+ years solely focused on sustainable textiles, Krystle is excited to expand the work in regeneration with co-host Melissa Belongea and the DMCO Collective on this hyper-local effort to build community, foster deeper connection, and spark creativity.

MELISSA BELONGEA Regenerate By Design

Melissa is a multi-disciplinary content creator, creative + business strategist, and writer and the founder of DMCO Studio & Collective. She works with individuals, entrepreneurs, and executive leaders on building regenerative businesses, as well as creating community spaces for people to learn about regenerative business in practice. DMCO Studio/Collective has evolved into a place to help incubate female entrepreneurs and those interested in regenerative business as a space to test ideas and make friends along the way.

Regenerative Future Now: Salon Series is a space for exploration around regenerative thinking and to foster creativity as an essential tool for building a regenerative future. In partnership with sustainable textile consultancy, Materevolve, every two weeks we will alternate between a fireside speaker series and a creative studio + social night. The purpose of these events is to incubate conversation and community around topics related to creating more regenerative lifestyles, businesses, and economies.

What is regeneration? It goes beyond sustainability to create living systems and improved ways of relating to each other and the planet, rooted in nature-based design principles. Regeneration carries forward Indigenous ways of life, while defining them in the context of our modern world—a creative process that invites all people to participate.

These events are casual in nature, intimate (max capacity 15), and have the potential to build meaningful and lasting connections around a shared intention. 

May 9 - Finding Flow in Watercolor with Watercolor Artist, Ilysa Leder

How can we use activities like painting to ground into the present moment, process emotions, and fuel larger creative ideas?

DATE: May 9

TIME: 6-8pm

WHERE: DMCO Studio, 67 Redhill Ave, San Anselmo, CA

COST: Free!

SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT ON THE DMCO STUDIO WEBSITE HERE!

ABOUT THE GUEST

IILYSA LEDER Ilysa Lder

Ilysa Leder is an artist working in Marin County, CA and the Catskills, NY. Her ethereal landscapes explore themes of impermanence, imperfection, time, and our connections to each other and nature. When not painting she can be found making pottery, mothering, and getting lost in thrift stores, bookstores and her thoughts.

ABOUT THE HOSTS

KRYSTLE MOODY WOOD Materevolve

Krystle Moody Wood is the founder and principal consultant of Materevolve, LLC., a company driven to lead the evolution of our materials world. Materevolve was founded in 2018 with the mission to develop and scale innovative regenerative textile systems through the lens of soil, sea and circularity by designing nature-forward experiential learning programs, providing technical consulting to leaders in many sectors, and fostering trail-blazing collaborations between science, industry, government, and non-profit.  After 15+ years solely focused on sustainable textiles, Krystle is excited to expand the work in regeneration with co-host Melissa Belongea and the DMCO Collective on this hyper-local effort to build community, foster deeper connection, and spark creativity.

MELISSA BELONGEA Regenerate By Design

Melissa is a multi-disciplinary content creator, creative + business strategist, and writer and the founder of DMCO Studio & Collective. She works with individuals, entrepreneurs, and executive leaders on building regenerative businesses, as well as creating community spaces for people to learn about regenerative business in practice. DMCO Studio/Collective has evolved into a place to help incubate female entrepreneurs and those interested in regenerative business as a space to test ideas and make friends along the way.

Krystle will present to current Design and Textile students at her alma mater, UC Davis.

This talk is part of a lecture series organized by Brett Snyder, Associate Professor of Design at UC Davis. The lecture series highlights the different ways designers use research to inform their process.

Lecture will happen in person, on campus at Cruess Hall, Room 1105.

https://arts.ucdavis.edu/event/research-design-talkkrystle-moody-wood

Regenerative Future Now: Salon Series is a space for exploration around regenerative thinking and to foster creativity as an essential tool for building a regenerative future. In partnership with sustainable textile consultancy, Materevolve, every two weeks we will alternate between a fireside speaker series and a creative studio + social night. The purpose of these events is to incubate conversation and community around topics related to creating more regenerative lifestyles, businesses, and economies.

What is regeneration? It goes beyond sustainability to create living systems and improved ways of relating to each other and the planet, rooted in nature-based design principles. Regeneration carries forward Indigenous ways of life, while defining them in the context of our modern world—a creative process that invites all people to participate.

These events are casual in nature, intimate (max capacity 15), and have the potential to build meaningful and lasting connections around a shared intention. 

Special Evening Guest: Lydia Wendt of California Cloth Foundry & Mae

ABOUT THE HOSTS

KRYSTLE MOODY WOOD Materevolve

Krystle Moody Wood is the founder and principal consultant of Materevolve, LLC., a company driven to lead the evolution of our materials world. Materevolve was founded in 2018 with the mission to develop and scale innovative regenerative textile systems through the lens of soil, sea and circularity by designing nature-forward experiential learning programs, providing technical consulting to leaders in many sectors, and fostering trail-blazing collaborations between science, industry, government, and non-profit.  After 15+ years solely focused on sustainable textiles, Krystle is excited to expand the work in regeneration with co-host Melissa Belongea and the DMCO Collective on this hyper-local effort to build community, foster deeper connection, and spark creativity.

MELISSA BELONGEA Regenerate By Design

Melissa is a multi-disciplinary content creator, creative + business strategist, and writer and the founder of DMCO Studio & Collective. She works with individuals, entrepreneurs, and executive leaders on building regenerative businesses, as well as creating community spaces for people to learn about regenerative business in practice. DMCO Studio/Collective has evolved into a place to help incubate female entrepreneurs and those interested in regenerative business as a space to test ideas and make friends along the way.

Co-convened by EARTHDAY.ORG in collaboration with the United Nations Fashion and Lifestyle Network and the Fashion Impact Fund, this webinar is aligned with EARTHDAY.ORG’s 2024 theme, Planet vs. Plastics.   

 In this webinar, we look at the remarkable work of scientists who have traced the pervasiveness of microfibers at the farthest edges of the globe, who are guiding governments in confronting this crisis and who are, through invention, designing a new path for the sake of the planet.  

Krystle Moody Wood will join a panel of scientists to share Materevolve’s work in the area of microfiber pollution and textile solutions.

You can find a recording of this webinar here.

Join us at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), and virtually, for a presentation on “Addressing Microfiber Pollution Through Cross Sector Collaboration”. See program description below.

Due to growing concerns over the presence and persistence of microfiber pollution in the environment as well as their potential ecological and human health impacts, scientists from the textile industry, marine conservation, government, and academia are working together to address this critical issue. With interest initially stemming from plastic pollution research, global scientists are finding that microfibers are prevalent in all environment compartments from soil, sea, air, to living organisms, and that both non-plastic and plastic fibers could be of concern. Through cross-sector collaboration, important foundational work is being conducted to (1) define microfiber; (2) assess potential sources, prevalence and causes; (3) build standardized methodology to measure and estimate the prevalence; and (4) build recommendations for reducing microfiber pollution through sustainable textile innovation and policy solutions for a variety of stakeholders. This presentation will discuss a multi-pronged approach to drive solutions through research, prevention, and mitigation measures for microfiber pollution.

You can find a recording of the presentation at the following link:

https://vimeo.com/895002791?share=copy

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The 2023 Textile X Ocean Connector Sail Program will build off of last year's inaugural Textile X Ocean Connector Sail, bringing more experts together to talk about the most current research and solutions. Our programming is designed to encourage deep connections between attendees and help answer hard questions about textile-derived ocean pollution (i.e. microfiber pollution), climate change, textile waste, green chemistry, ocean-thoughtful material alternatives, and more.

This year's Textile X Ocean Connector Program will be 5 hours - allowing time for educational programming, connecting deeply, and putting up the sails to enjoy some sailing! Participants will have the option to assist with sailing, or we welcome you to sit and enjoy the view.

Educational activities include demonstrations of marine research techniques and participation in "Educational Tastings" - a series of short expert presentations that inspire conversation and discussion. Our tastings are facilitated by leaders at the intersection of Textile X Ocean with diverse backgrounds and a passion for knowledge-sharing.

On board, you will learn how microfiber pollution is measured, what we know about the potential sources and pathways for fiber pollution in our region, discuss solutions at the forefront of our Textile X Ocean community, and upcoming ways to get involved in furthering research and solutions.

TARGET ATTENDEES:

Target participants include a cross-sector group of textile industry experts, textile company representatives, scientists, policy makers, representatives from universities and environmental groups, students, young professionals, and other interested stakeholders. Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues or other interested parties that may like to join.

A range of stakeholders from industry, brands, research entities, and environmental non-profits joined the 2022 sail with many new partnerships and relationships formed. Image credit: Paige Green Photography

VESSELS:

This learning experience will be hosted on two ships, the schooner SV Seaward and the 132-foot brigantine Matthew Turner. No sailing experience is required but if you want to help the crew, you are welcome!

Rebecca Burgess, Executive Director of Fibershed, ignites attendees with a discussion about the ocean's role in the carbon cycle and how textile systems are linked. Image credit: Heather Box

AGENDA

12:30pm Attendees Arrive // Check-In with Materevolve (near the flag poles)

12:45pm Welcome from Materevolve & Sponsors on Dock

1:00pm -6:00pm On Board Programming, Expert Speaker Tastings & Networking

6:00pm Closing on Dock

6:30pm Program End

7:00pm Post-Event Gathering at PizzaHacker, Mill Valley (Optional)

EXPERT SPEAKERS & DISCUSSION TOPICS

-Dr. Susanne Brander, Associate Professor, Oregon State University: "What are the ecotoxicity impacts of microfiber pollution?"

-Dr. Lisa Erdle, Director of Science & Innovation, The 5 Gyres Institute: "What is the latest research on microfiber prevalence and textile sources?"

-Scott Echols, Chief Impact Officer, The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation: "What are key solutions for targeting zero discharge of microfibers and hazardous chemicals in textile manufacturing?"

-Rebecca Burgess, Founder & Executive Director, Fibershed: "What is the importance of soil in ocean thoughtful textile systems?"

-Dr. Sudeep Motupalli Rao, Chief Science Officer, Intrinsic Advance Materials: "How can we ensure that fugitive synthetic fibers do not persist as pollutants in the environment?"

-Margot Lyons, Director of Sustainability & Sourcing, Coyuchi: "What does it take to design and produce a Climate Beneficial(TM) product?"

ABOUT OUR SPONSORS

CERULEAN LEVEL: Intrinsic Advanced Materials- CiCLO technology

Intrinsic Advanced Materials (IAM) is the company behind CiCLO® technology. IAM is a joint venture formed in 2018 between Intrinsic Textiles Group, a Silicon Valley startup, and Parkdale Advanced Materials, the innovative fibers and yarns division of textiles giant Parkdale, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of spun yarns. Our combined team is made up of superstar scientists, engineers and textile industry veterans who are outdoor enthusiasts and feel passionately about protecting our planet.

NAVY LEVEL: California Chapter of AATCC

The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) was founded in 1921 to connect the global textile community and empower a more innovative, informed, and sustainable future. Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, AATCC has provided standards development, testing materials, educational resources, and professional networking to the global textile industry for more than a century. The California Chapter of AATCC was also a sponsor of the inaugural 2022 Textile X Ocean Connector Sail.