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!
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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.