#flax — Public Fediverse posts

Okay, this is just silly now. 🧶
#HandSpinning #flax

Flax: contraindications and side effects #flax #flaxseed #herbalmedicine #flaxseedsbenefits ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2169369320557507/

Flax: contraindications and side effects #flax #flaxseed #herbalmedicine #flaxseedsbenefits ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2169369320557507/

Flax: contraindications and side effects #flax #flaxseed #herbalmedicine #flaxseedsbenefits ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2169369320557507/

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday, @werkabenteuer !

@sufloese

#Wool #FibertArts #Flax #Crafting #NaturalFibers #Weaving

Also if you for particular reasons want a replacement for #UnrealEngine that's still extremely powerful, go check out #Unigine absolutely underrated eye candy, #Flax a fairly young engine that's like a mix of UE and Unity and lastly #o3de a open source child of #CryEngine without all the yank.

It’s been a low energy few days but I kept my hands occupied!

Dug out a dusty bag of flax top fibre, my cobwebbed drop spindle and got to work learning (or continuing to learn) spinning by hand. Here’s my humble first tiny cake of 2 ply cordage. Coarse, uneven but cute. 😝

No idea what I’m going to use it for ha.

#spinning #flax

I found this great piece about #AcornBread -- written by a friend who I learned to make acorn bread from!

by Chris Knapp

"In autumn, all over the world, something wonderful happens: The acorns fall.

"The oak seed, which once sustained the bulk of human civilization, is now largely ignored as a food. Not so at our #Koviashuvik Local Living School (in #TempleME), where every fall my family, friends, apprentices and I spend three wonderful mornings crawling around in the nearby red oak grove picking up acorns. We are not playing; we are making a living and playing.

"This article offers a practical guide to processing acorns, a glance at the crop’s agricultural implications, and a chance to change the world – for as with any food or product, its conscious production and consumption create powerful opportunities for social and environmental change.

Using Acorns

"My family eats acorns in a variety of ways and uses 200 pounds of acorn flour a year. All our acorns come from the red oak, Quercus rubra, as that is our local oak. All acorns – whether from red or white oaks – are edible and all acorns contain enough tannin that leaching is a necessity.

"Our daily bread is a delicious blend of 60 percent acorn and 40 percent sourdough #spelt from the Webb Family Farm in #PittstonME. We make #AcornOatmeal #porridge twice a week for breakfast with 50 to 75 percent acorn. My kids, ages 4 and 2, eat it right up!

"We make biscuits and cookies. I like a dense, 95 percent acorn flat bread held together with 5 percent soaked ground #flax. For a basic biscuit recipe that will please anyone, combine 2 cups of acorn flour with 1 cup of oat flour, add 2 tablespoons of good fat and 1/2 teaspoon salt. (For fat we use Maine-grown sunflower oil or lard.) Add water to make a moist but not runny batter. Form the batter into biscuits and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 375 F. Will Bonsall ate a whole bowl of these crackers when we shared them with him."

Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/recipes/acorn-bread/

#SolarPunkSunday #AlternativeGrains #Acorns #WildEdibles #Foraging #MOFGA #Maine #FoodSecurity

I found this great piece about #AcornBread -- written by a friend who I learned to make acorn bread from!

by Chris Knapp

"In autumn, all over the world, something wonderful happens: The acorns fall.

"The oak seed, which once sustained the bulk of human civilization, is now largely ignored as a food. Not so at our #Koviashuvik Local Living School (in #TempleME), where every fall my family, friends, apprentices and I spend three wonderful mornings crawling around in the nearby red oak grove picking up acorns. We are not playing; we are making a living and playing.

"This article offers a practical guide to processing acorns, a glance at the crop’s agricultural implications, and a chance to change the world – for as with any food or product, its conscious production and consumption create powerful opportunities for social and environmental change.

Using Acorns

"My family eats acorns in a variety of ways and uses 200 pounds of acorn flour a year. All our acorns come from the red oak, Quercus rubra, as that is our local oak. All acorns – whether from red or white oaks – are edible and all acorns contain enough tannin that leaching is a necessity.

"Our daily bread is a delicious blend of 60 percent acorn and 40 percent sourdough #spelt from the Webb Family Farm in #PittstonME. We make #AcornOatmeal #porridge twice a week for breakfast with 50 to 75 percent acorn. My kids, ages 4 and 2, eat it right up!

"We make biscuits and cookies. I like a dense, 95 percent acorn flat bread held together with 5 percent soaked ground #flax. For a basic biscuit recipe that will please anyone, combine 2 cups of acorn flour with 1 cup of oat flour, add 2 tablespoons of good fat and 1/2 teaspoon salt. (For fat we use Maine-grown sunflower oil or lard.) Add water to make a moist but not runny batter. Form the batter into biscuits and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 375 F. Will Bonsall ate a whole bowl of these crackers when we shared them with him."

Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/recipes/acorn-bread/

#SolarPunkSunday #AlternativeGrains #Acorns #WildEdibles #Foraging #MOFGA #Maine #FoodSecurity

I found this great piece about #AcornBread -- written by a friend who I learned to make acorn bread from!

by Chris Knapp

"In autumn, all over the world, something wonderful happens: The acorns fall.

"The oak seed, which once sustained the bulk of human civilization, is now largely ignored as a food. Not so at our #Koviashuvik Local Living School (in #TempleME), where every fall my family, friends, apprentices and I spend three wonderful mornings crawling around in the nearby red oak grove picking up acorns. We are not playing; we are making a living and playing.

"This article offers a practical guide to processing acorns, a glance at the crop’s agricultural implications, and a chance to change the world – for as with any food or product, its conscious production and consumption create powerful opportunities for social and environmental change.

Using Acorns

"My family eats acorns in a variety of ways and uses 200 pounds of acorn flour a year. All our acorns come from the red oak, Quercus rubra, as that is our local oak. All acorns – whether from red or white oaks – are edible and all acorns contain enough tannin that leaching is a necessity.

"Our daily bread is a delicious blend of 60 percent acorn and 40 percent sourdough #spelt from the Webb Family Farm in #PittstonME. We make #AcornOatmeal #porridge twice a week for breakfast with 50 to 75 percent acorn. My kids, ages 4 and 2, eat it right up!

"We make biscuits and cookies. I like a dense, 95 percent acorn flat bread held together with 5 percent soaked ground #flax. For a basic biscuit recipe that will please anyone, combine 2 cups of acorn flour with 1 cup of oat flour, add 2 tablespoons of good fat and 1/2 teaspoon salt. (For fat we use Maine-grown sunflower oil or lard.) Add water to make a moist but not runny batter. Form the batter into biscuits and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 375 F. Will Bonsall ate a whole bowl of these crackers when we shared them with him."

Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/recipes/acorn-bread/

#SolarPunkSunday #AlternativeGrains #Acorns #WildEdibles #Foraging #MOFGA #Maine #FoodSecurity

I found this great piece about #AcornBread -- written by a friend who I learned to make acorn bread from!

by Chris Knapp

"In autumn, all over the world, something wonderful happens: The acorns fall.

"The oak seed, which once sustained the bulk of human civilization, is now largely ignored as a food. Not so at our #Koviashuvik Local Living School (in #TempleME), where every fall my family, friends, apprentices and I spend three wonderful mornings crawling around in the nearby red oak grove picking up acorns. We are not playing; we are making a living and playing.

"This article offers a practical guide to processing acorns, a glance at the crop’s agricultural implications, and a chance to change the world – for as with any food or product, its conscious production and consumption create powerful opportunities for social and environmental change.

Using Acorns

"My family eats acorns in a variety of ways and uses 200 pounds of acorn flour a year. All our acorns come from the red oak, Quercus rubra, as that is our local oak. All acorns – whether from red or white oaks – are edible and all acorns contain enough tannin that leaching is a necessity.

"Our daily bread is a delicious blend of 60 percent acorn and 40 percent sourdough #spelt from the Webb Family Farm in #PittstonME. We make #AcornOatmeal #porridge twice a week for breakfast with 50 to 75 percent acorn. My kids, ages 4 and 2, eat it right up!

"We make biscuits and cookies. I like a dense, 95 percent acorn flat bread held together with 5 percent soaked ground #flax. For a basic biscuit recipe that will please anyone, combine 2 cups of acorn flour with 1 cup of oat flour, add 2 tablespoons of good fat and 1/2 teaspoon salt. (For fat we use Maine-grown sunflower oil or lard.) Add water to make a moist but not runny batter. Form the batter into biscuits and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 375 F. Will Bonsall ate a whole bowl of these crackers when we shared them with him."

Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/recipes/acorn-bread/

#SolarPunkSunday #AlternativeGrains #Acorns #WildEdibles #Foraging #MOFGA #Maine #FoodSecurity

I found this great piece about #AcornBread -- written by a friend who I learned to make acorn bread from!

by Chris Knapp

"In autumn, all over the world, something wonderful happens: The acorns fall.

"The oak seed, which once sustained the bulk of human civilization, is now largely ignored as a food. Not so at our #Koviashuvik Local Living School (in #TempleME), where every fall my family, friends, apprentices and I spend three wonderful mornings crawling around in the nearby red oak grove picking up acorns. We are not playing; we are making a living and playing.

"This article offers a practical guide to processing acorns, a glance at the crop’s agricultural implications, and a chance to change the world – for as with any food or product, its conscious production and consumption create powerful opportunities for social and environmental change.

Using Acorns

"My family eats acorns in a variety of ways and uses 200 pounds of acorn flour a year. All our acorns come from the red oak, Quercus rubra, as that is our local oak. All acorns – whether from red or white oaks – are edible and all acorns contain enough tannin that leaching is a necessity.

"Our daily bread is a delicious blend of 60 percent acorn and 40 percent sourdough #spelt from the Webb Family Farm in #PittstonME. We make #AcornOatmeal #porridge twice a week for breakfast with 50 to 75 percent acorn. My kids, ages 4 and 2, eat it right up!

"We make biscuits and cookies. I like a dense, 95 percent acorn flat bread held together with 5 percent soaked ground #flax. For a basic biscuit recipe that will please anyone, combine 2 cups of acorn flour with 1 cup of oat flour, add 2 tablespoons of good fat and 1/2 teaspoon salt. (For fat we use Maine-grown sunflower oil or lard.) Add water to make a moist but not runny batter. Form the batter into biscuits and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 375 F. Will Bonsall ate a whole bowl of these crackers when we shared them with him."

Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/recipes/acorn-bread/

#SolarPunkSunday #AlternativeGrains #Acorns #WildEdibles #Foraging #MOFGA #Maine #FoodSecurity

#Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. In 2022, France produced 75% of the world's supply of flax.

@dgoodwin

Flax in bloom is awfully pretty, too, but I don't know if they grow it in PEI. Heck, I didn't know they grew canola there - I'm in the prairies, where there are bazillions of acres of both.

#flax #canola #bloom

Plant progress
#growallthethings #flowers #cactus #bromeliad #flax #bloomscrolling

https://www.europesays.com/uk/194037/ Trends and Forecasts Through 2029 #BastFibre #Business #CoverCrops #CropFarming #Cultivation #Flax #Hemp #Linen #Markets #PlantTextiles #ResearchAndMarkets #SustainableCultivation #SustainableFarming #UK #UnitedKingdom

Akaroa has some legions. One hundred and forty years ago two boys created their own by making a raft out of flax and set off home across the harbour. They had delivered a horse for their father, but decided they didn't want to walk back the way they came, so they rafted.
The local school has been following the challenge over the years on more modern builds, but now it's time to test the real thing.Raupo and flax
It's great to see kids are still up to challenges in today's world.
#flax
#rafts

It just hit me what a lovely plant Flax is. It's beautiful, both the plant and the flowers, you can make strong fabric and clothes with it, make rag-paper, seal pipe joints, protect metal from rust, make paint, protect wood from water, and it's nutritious, you can make oil for food or eat the seeds raw, they're tasty and prevent constipation. You can even make lube with it.
#flax #plants #flaxseed #nature

It just hit me what a lovely plant Flax is. It's beautiful, both the plant and the flowers, you can make strong fabric and clothes with it, make rag-paper, seal pipe joints, protect metal from rust, make paint, protect wood from water, and it's nutritious, you can make oil for food or eat the seeds raw, they're tasty and prevent constipation. You can even make lube with it.
#flax #plants #flaxseed #nature

It just hit me what a lovely plant Flax is. It's beautiful, both the plant and the flowers, you can make strong fabric and clothes with it, make rag-paper, seal pipe joints, protect metal from rust, make paint, protect wood from water, and it's nutritious, you can make oil for food or eat the seeds raw, they're tasty and prevent constipation. You can even make lube with it.
#flax #plants #flaxseed #nature

It just hit me what a lovely plant Flax is. It's beautiful, both the plant and the flowers, you can make strong fabric and clothes with it, make rag-paper, seal pipe joints, protect metal from rust, make paint, protect wood from water, and it's nutritious, you can make oil for food or eat the seeds raw, they're tasty and prevent constipation. You can even make lube with it.
#flax #plants #flaxseed #nature

It just hit me what a lovely plant Flax is. It's beautiful, both the plant and the flowers, you can make strong fabric and clothes with it, make rag-paper, seal pipe joints, protect metal from rust, make paint, protect wood from water, and it's nutritious, you can make oil for food or eat the seeds raw, they're tasty and prevent constipation. You can even make lube with it.
#flax #plants #flaxseed #nature

Affordable High-Protein Alternatives to Eggs: Beans, Dairy, Grains https://www.diningandcooking.com/1891557/affordable-high-protein-alternatives-to-eggs-beans-dairy-grains/ ##magnesium ##zinc #breakfast #dairy #dose #Egg #EnoughProtein #flax #HumbleBean #meal #NancyClark #nutrient #nutrition #Seed #variety #YogurtParfait

Affordable High-Protein Alternatives to Eggs: Beans, Dairy, Grains https://www.diningandcooking.com/1891557/affordable-high-protein-alternatives-to-eggs-beans-dairy-grains/ ##magnesium ##zinc #breakfast #dairy #dose #Egg #EnoughProtein #flax #HumbleBean #meal #NancyClark #nutrient #nutrition #Seed #variety #YogurtParfait

Affordable High-Protein Alternatives to Eggs: Beans, Dairy, Grains https://www.diningandcooking.com/1891557/affordable-high-protein-alternatives-to-eggs-beans-dairy-grains/ ##magnesium ##zinc #breakfast #dairy #dose #Egg #EnoughProtein #flax #HumbleBean #meal #NancyClark #nutrient #nutrition #Seed #variety #YogurtParfait

I bought golden #flaxseeds to eat to try to increase the omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. Now what?

Do you eat #flaxseed? How do you eat it? In what dishes? Do you grind it up first? If yes, how do you grind it?

#flax #omega3 #vegan

I bought golden #flaxseeds to eat to try to increase the omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. Now what?

Do you eat #flaxseed? How do you eat it? In what dishes? Do you grind it up first? If yes, how do you grind it?

#flax #omega3 #vegan

I bought golden #flaxseeds to eat to try to increase the omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. Now what?

Do you eat #flaxseed? How do you eat it? In what dishes? Do you grind it up first? If yes, how do you grind it?

#flax #omega3 #vegan

I bought golden #flaxseeds to eat to try to increase the omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. Now what?

Do you eat #flaxseed? How do you eat it? In what dishes? Do you grind it up first? If yes, how do you grind it?

#flax #omega3 #vegan

I bought golden #flaxseeds to eat to try to increase the omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. Now what?

Do you eat #flaxseed? How do you eat it? In what dishes? Do you grind it up first? If yes, how do you grind it?

#flax #omega3 #vegan

Deep Learning with Jax
https://www.manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-jax
#ycombinator #neural_networks #Python #Google #Flax #Haiku #gradient_processing #optimization #numerical #computations #federated_learning #parallelized #distributed #primitives #differentiable

Deep Learning with Jax
https://www.manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-jax
#ycombinator #neural_networks #Python #Google #Flax #Haiku #gradient_processing #optimization #numerical #computations #federated_learning #parallelized #distributed #primitives #differentiable

Deep Learning with Jax
https://www.manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-jax
#ycombinator #neural_networks #Python #Google #Flax #Haiku #gradient_processing #optimization #numerical #computations #federated_learning #parallelized #distributed #primitives #differentiable

Deep Learning with Jax
https://www.manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-jax
#ycombinator #neural_networks #Python #Google #Flax #Haiku #gradient_processing #optimization #numerical #computations #federated_learning #parallelized #distributed #primitives #differentiable

#flax #GrowingFlax #flaxtolinen #flachs #Flachsanbau
Samen von den Kapseln trennen:
Ich hab wenig Angebaut und kann es daher mit pusten machen. 🌬️

#flax #GrowingFlax #flaxtolinen #flachs #Flachsanbau
Samen von den Kapseln trennen:
Ich hab wenig Angebaut und kann es daher mit pusten machen. 🌬️

A fantastic 24 hours of colour from the Evesham Walkers are Welcome walking festival. A stunning sunset over the river Avon, fields of blue flax and red poppies lining the field edge on Bredon Hill. #colour #Evesham #Tewkesbury #BredonHill #Poppies #Flax #Sunset #RiverAvon

Now you're talking
#MartinArnold #KerryYong #Flax #anothertimbre

Now you're talking
#MartinArnold #KerryYong #Flax #anothertimbre

Did you know there is/was a museum of flax??

I asked for a lecture on #flax a while ago, and we're going to have it today!1!

We look at stunning and fine laces in museums, and you can't even get linen thread that thin and fine today. Was it processing? Genetics? Lost skills? What's the deal?

CELEBRATING PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF FLAX

#IOLI lecture today, for members. #BobbinLace #NeedleLace #TextileHistory

https://lacelectures.internationalorganizationoflace.org/lace-lectures/sylvie-de-coster-9-2023

Last year's xeriscape installation is busting out in blooms!
#xeriscape #penstemon #pussyToes #flax

Grow #Flax For #Linen In Your Garden

By Cindy Conner

"Growing flax to process into linen was a common activity on homesteads before the Industrial Revolution. In fact, a quarter acre per person might have been planted to take care of clothing and other #textile needs for the year. When choosing a variety of flax to plant for linen, make sure the botanical name is Linum usitatissimum. The variety I’ve found to be available is Marilyn.

"If you are just starting out and don’t know if you really want to get into this yet, you can get enough material to work with from just a small space in your garden. In that case, you may want to buy seed by the packet, if it is available. If you want to have enough to really play with, plant a pound of seeds. I bought seed through The Heirloom Seed Project at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their one pound package of seeds indicates it is enough to plant 400 square feet. My main source of information about growing flax to linen has been the book Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich. That book suggests that one pound of seed is enough to plant 300 square feet."
#NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast

Read more:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-flax-for-linen-in-your-garden-zbcz1703

Grow #Flax For #Linen In Your Garden

By Cindy Conner

"Growing flax to process into linen was a common activity on homesteads before the Industrial Revolution. In fact, a quarter acre per person might have been planted to take care of clothing and other #textile needs for the year. When choosing a variety of flax to plant for linen, make sure the botanical name is Linum usitatissimum. The variety I’ve found to be available is Marilyn.

"If you are just starting out and don’t know if you really want to get into this yet, you can get enough material to work with from just a small space in your garden. In that case, you may want to buy seed by the packet, if it is available. If you want to have enough to really play with, plant a pound of seeds. I bought seed through The Heirloom Seed Project at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their one pound package of seeds indicates it is enough to plant 400 square feet. My main source of information about growing flax to linen has been the book Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich. That book suggests that one pound of seed is enough to plant 300 square feet."
#NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast

Read more:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-flax-for-linen-in-your-garden-zbcz1703

Grow #Flax For #Linen In Your Garden

By Cindy Conner

"Growing flax to process into linen was a common activity on homesteads before the Industrial Revolution. In fact, a quarter acre per person might have been planted to take care of clothing and other #textile needs for the year. When choosing a variety of flax to plant for linen, make sure the botanical name is Linum usitatissimum. The variety I’ve found to be available is Marilyn.

"If you are just starting out and don’t know if you really want to get into this yet, you can get enough material to work with from just a small space in your garden. In that case, you may want to buy seed by the packet, if it is available. If you want to have enough to really play with, plant a pound of seeds. I bought seed through The Heirloom Seed Project at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their one pound package of seeds indicates it is enough to plant 400 square feet. My main source of information about growing flax to linen has been the book Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich. That book suggests that one pound of seed is enough to plant 300 square feet."
#NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast

Read more:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-flax-for-linen-in-your-garden-zbcz1703

Grow #Flax For #Linen In Your Garden

By Cindy Conner

"Growing flax to process into linen was a common activity on homesteads before the Industrial Revolution. In fact, a quarter acre per person might have been planted to take care of clothing and other #textile needs for the year. When choosing a variety of flax to plant for linen, make sure the botanical name is Linum usitatissimum. The variety I’ve found to be available is Marilyn.

"If you are just starting out and don’t know if you really want to get into this yet, you can get enough material to work with from just a small space in your garden. In that case, you may want to buy seed by the packet, if it is available. If you want to have enough to really play with, plant a pound of seeds. I bought seed through The Heirloom Seed Project at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their one pound package of seeds indicates it is enough to plant 400 square feet. My main source of information about growing flax to linen has been the book Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich. That book suggests that one pound of seed is enough to plant 300 square feet."
#NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast

Read more:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-flax-for-linen-in-your-garden-zbcz1703

Grow #Flax For #Linen In Your Garden

By Cindy Conner

"Growing flax to process into linen was a common activity on homesteads before the Industrial Revolution. In fact, a quarter acre per person might have been planted to take care of clothing and other #textile needs for the year. When choosing a variety of flax to plant for linen, make sure the botanical name is Linum usitatissimum. The variety I’ve found to be available is Marilyn.

"If you are just starting out and don’t know if you really want to get into this yet, you can get enough material to work with from just a small space in your garden. In that case, you may want to buy seed by the packet, if it is available. If you want to have enough to really play with, plant a pound of seeds. I bought seed through The Heirloom Seed Project at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their one pound package of seeds indicates it is enough to plant 400 square feet. My main source of information about growing flax to linen has been the book Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich. That book suggests that one pound of seed is enough to plant 300 square feet."
#NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast

Read more:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-flax-for-linen-in-your-garden-zbcz1703

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: https://grist.org/technology/how-do-you-tackle-microplastics-start-with-your-washing-machine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#WaterIsLife #Pollution #NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast #SayNoToFastFashion #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore