fibershed

Noun

fibershed (plural fibersheds)

1. The geographic region from which come all of the resources to make an article of clothing.
   • Like a foodshed, a fibershed is a small geographical landscape, or bioregion, where artisans produce goods using natural dyes, materials and farms located within 150 miles of their front door. Whereas some fibersheds focus on creating sustainable clothing, Livingston said the Los Angeles event is...2014 March 18, Lisa Boone, “Fibershed L.A. pop-up features locally sourced crafts, artisans, farms”, in Los Angeles Times
   • However, don't get it confused with a watershed, warns Burgess, because a fibershed must necessarily cross multiple topographic boundaries to work ecologically and economically. Right now, that means stretching the definition of "local" way out -- at least until sustainable fiber production takes...2015, Courtney White, Two Percent Solutions for the Planet, →ISBN, page 113
2. A movement to use textiles that are sourced locally.
   • Now, it’s on the lips of the kind of environmentally conscious fashionistas who filled Toby’s Feed Barn in Point Reyes Station this month for the first ever fibershed fashion show.2011 May 26, Paul Liberatore, “West Marin textile artist is a fibershed fashionista”, in Marin Independent Journal
   • “We are part of the fibershed movement, proud of making beautiful, useful items, in a sustainable, humane manner, with a low carbon footprint,” said Adkins, 63, a retired environmental ecologist.2015 April 16, Ann Carranza, “Baby Stella is the first lamb of her kind”, in Santa Rosa Press Democrat