PERMACOUTURE INSTITUTE

Since 2007, Permacouture Institute has explored regenerative design and environmental education for slow fashion and textiles. Nature color coordinates through palettes that connect us directly to place, people, plants and ecologies. Working with plant-based colors encourages an inquiry of more below the surface, with a reward that unassuming depth and beauty can lay even in the leftovers of a discarded peel, a wilted flower, or a wayside weed.

PROJECTS

DINNERS TO DYE FOR + SEASONAL COLOR AND TASTE PALETTES

“Dinners to Dye For” and “Seasonal Color + Taste Palettes” Workshops- where slow food + slow fashion meet. Through biodiverse and seasonally based “compost” color palettes, these events bring communities together through delicious seasonal meals and natural dye experimentation- using by-products of the very same meal.

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WEED YOUR WARDROBE

Social and environmental events that on “Weeding Your Wardrobe,” where garden work parties and clothing swaps meet- and help unwanted textiles and garments renew and refresh with natural dyes made from school and community gardens.