Rebecca Burgess
Rebecca Burgess
is the executive director of Fibershed, chair of the board for Carbon Cycle Institute, and the author of聽鈥淗arvesting Color.鈥� A vocationally trained weaver and natural dyer, she creates hands-on curricula that focus on restoration ecology and fiber systems. Burgess has built an extensive network of farmers and artisans in the Northern California Fibershed to pilot an innovative fiber systems model at the community scale. Her project is internationally recognized with over 53 Fibershed communities now in existence.
