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In an increasingly digital and virtual world, working with wool has offered artist Holly Guertin a return to physical, tactile experience. This talk explores how fiber and textile practices ground us in our bodies and reconnect us to material reality, serving as a counterbalance to systems that often distance us from our humanity, dignity, and agency. The presentation will feature works from Hand in Hand, Holly’s upcoming solo exhibition on view July–October at Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. Through this collection, Holly reflects on themes of connection, reciprocity, and communion between people and the earth, using textiles

Meeting Friday, April 10, 2026 12:30 PM -  2:00 PM ET Join us with Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Council, Vote Solar, the Union of Concerned Scientists, POWER Interfaith, and Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania for a lunchtime webinar exploring the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Large Load Model Tariff—a specialized electricity pricing structure designed for customers with exceptionally high energy demand, such as major industrial facilities and data centers. We’ll examine the tariff and discuss what advocates, policymakers, and elected officials can learn from individual utility rate cases currently being filed across the state.

University Ambassador Program Information Session Curious about sustainability, textiles, or community leadership? Want to get more involved on campus? Looking to grow your professional network and connect with peers who share similar interests? If you answered yes, we invite you to join us for an information session to learn more about the PA Fibershed University Ambassador Program on Friday, March 27 at 3:30 PM, ahead of the 2026–2027 application cycle. This info session is open to students attending any university in Pennsylvania who are interested in becoming ambassadors, as well as university faculty members interested in serving as faculty cohort

Curious about sustainability, textiles, or community leadership? Want to get more involved on campus? Looking to grow your professional network and connect with peers who share similar interests? If you answered yes, we invite you to join us for an information session to learn more about the PA Fibershed University Ambassador Program on Friday, March 27 at 3:30 PM, ahead of the 2026–2027 application cycle. This info session is open to students attending any university in Pennsylvania who are interested in becoming ambassadors, as well as university faculty members interested in serving as faculty cohort advisors. During the virtual webinar,

Consumed: The Need For Collective Change by Aja Barber Join us on Tuesday, February 24th at 6 PM (via Zoom) for our first PA Fibershed Book Club meeting of 2026 as we gather for a thoughtful, hour-long discussion around Consumed: The Need for Collective Change by Aja Barber. Whether you plan to read every page or just want to listen in, this will be a meaningful conversation about the future of clothing and the role we can play in shaping a more sustainable textile system. 📚 All are welcome! If you’re not already on our book club list, complete the

All are welcome to join Laurel Hill’s book club which reads and discusses a wide range of genres and topics, from historical nonfiction to contemporary novels, from science and medicine to memoir and humor. We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Joe Lex, the author and one of our fabulous tour guides, to lead the discussion of his newly released book, “All Bones Considered: 52 Laurel Hill Women.” Meet 52 trailblazing women who shaped history – and are buried at Laurel Hill Cemeteries. From America’s first prima ballerina to the founder of Mother’s Day, the first Black woman to earn a PhD

April 22, 2025 • 12 PM ET • Virtual Join us for a virtual armchair conversation on groundbreaking advances in breeding plants to thrive in a warming world. This event features William Cullina, The F. Otto Haas Executive Director at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens, and Dr. Doris Wagner, DiMaura Professor of Biology at Penn Arts & Sciences. Dr. Wagner is also the inaugural director of the Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center (Plant ARC), a new initiative dedicated to sustainable, plant-based solutions for addressing climate change. They will engage in a captivating discussion about Plant ARC’s pioneering research on cellular