in today's episode, we review the serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world by robin wall kimmerer. similarly to our last episode (and in theme with kimmerer's other writings), there is much we can learn from our more-than-human siblings, including/especially plants. if you've been feeling crushed under the scarcity of late-stage capitalism, this episode and this book are for you.

stay tuned for a brand-new year-long course with ash in an intimate group setting - the seasonal colour wheel will be coming this october. in the meantime, join ash and britt boles for a casual book club this fall as we work our way through how to make art at the end of the world by natalie loveless. you can also join ash for book clubs with vogue knitting live and the fluffy book club in the creative coven community. find more conversations about plant relationships and natural dyes at the cosmos conference.

step into your conscious life with a little help from ash and yarrow atelier, where we build slow sustainable living crafted around everyday magic & ritual. never miss a thing by joining ash's newsletter.

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in today's episode, we review dispersals: on plants, borders, and belonging by jessica j. lee. at a time when the world feels more fraught than ever, we can learn a lot from plants and the ways that they move through the world. and, as the book illustrates in beautiful story form, the language we use to describe how plants move through the world has some chilling colonial connections to the ways we describe how humans move through the world. originally a series of essays, the chapters in this book take us on an adventure around the world, giving us a different lesson through the lens of each new plant.

stay tuned for a brand-new year-long course with ash in an intimate group setting - the seasonal colour wheel will be coming this october. in the meantime, join ash and britt boles for a casual book club this fall as we work our way through how to make art at the end of the world by natalie loveless.

step into your conscious life with a little help from ash and yarrow atelier, where we build slow sustainable living crafted around everyday magic & ritual. never miss a thing by joining ash's newsletter.

find full show notes at ashalberg.com/podcast.

in today's episode, we review fibershed: growing a movement of farmers, fashion activists, and makers for a new textile economy by rebecca burgess. while ash has been embedded in fibreshed advocacy, economy, and practices for the better part of a decade now, this book is a seminal read no matter where you might self-identify on the "fashion as daily life priority" spectrum. with its soil-to-skin-to-soil values and methods, fibershed makes the argument for and outlines the ways through which we can move forward as the current fashion industry collapses in on itself and humans continue to need to wear clothes. through hard data and important stories, burgess lays out the path for re-investing in our local land-based textile economies in creative, sustainable, and financially viable ways.

bring the magic of natural dyes into your home and classroom with the exploring natural dyes series, written in age-appropriate language for ages 4+. step into your conscious life with a little help from ash and yarrow atelier, where we build slow sustainable living crafted around everyday magic & ritual. never miss a thing by joining ash's newsletter.

find full show notes at ashalberg.com/podcast.