. “I love this [topic] because this is one of the places where we can make a positive impact,” she said. “Rather than just pollute less or do less harm, we can actually kind of revive the earth through the process of making clothes.”
, a non-profit that develops regenerative textile systems. “Of the available landmass that is not picked over, we have the ability to sink all of the carbon in our atmosphere, which is 109 billion tons. So we actually owe the soilIn other words, it’s totally doable. And while it sounds scientific, it’s also radically simple.
Barbour adds that while the conversation is new, the techniques are steeped in tradition. “Many of the farmers in India said this was like going back to their traditional practices, which is very exciting,” she says. “They said their great-grandfathers used to farm like this, but then they just got approached by all the chemical companies [selling] synthetic fertilizers.”