Sheep shearing demonstration - R.A. Rooney, shearing contractors, Sydney, Australia. circa 1916

We have all had those experiences where a single decision, one that seems wholly insignificant in the moment, can alter the course of our lives. We have all had those experiences where a single decision, one that seems wholly insignificant in the moment, can alter the course of our lives. For Amanda Kievet, co-founder of Junction Fiber Mill, the fateful decision came down to a beanie.For Amanda Kievet, co-founder of Junction Fiber Mill, the fateful decision came down to a bea

Peggy Allen (standing) and Amanda Kievet Photo: Linda Cortright

Flock of Merinos, Powerhouse Museum.

Filmed and narrated by Stanzin Dorjai Gya, "Behind the Mirror" follows twenty-six students from India's High Himalayas to a village in France where they will live with a French family for three months.

A Uros woman standing on one of the floating islands in Lake Titicaca. Photo: Linda Cortright During my research about the effects of melting glaciers on the fiber community, part of an ongoing effort to support the UN “Year of Glaciers’ Preservation,” I stumbled upon a curious thread pointing to Lake Titicaca. Far, far away from the tropical glaciers of the Andes, which are among the fastest disappearing ice packs on the planet, a new alternative for herders is emerging in t

the Indigenous offer thanks to the Apus (mountain gods) to secure the earth’s bounty. It has always been their weapon against climate change, long before the concept existed on a global scale.

A vicuña in front of a glacier on Hatun Rit'i mountain, Peru. Photo: Lee Fitzgerald The list of words that mean poop include fecal...

There were many moments during my interview with award-winning filmmaker Stanzin Dorjai that I found shocking, humbling, and often oddly...

More than 2 billion people, including many Indigenous Peoples, rely on melt from glaciers and snow for their freshwater.

Ice Stupa in Ladakh. Rolex/Sonam Wangchuk What is the average person willing to give up for a few precious ounces of cashmere? Whether it’s a pair of $75 gloves on sale or a pajama set retailing for more than $1,000, the level of sacrifice (or indulgence) is often defined by the limit on one’s credit card. Sonam Wangchuk has sacrificed far more than a maxed-out Visa. In the last year, he has gone on two hunger strikes, walked from the city of Leh in India’s High Himalayas to

Because of the Silk Route, the award for the oldest LGD breed is somewhat of a mystery.

At the very end of the English Channel just before it dumps into the Atlantic Ocean lies a five-mile mass of inhospitable rock and fearsome

For the wild and the wooly, stilts—at one time—represented the mode of travel for the French shepherds of Landes

A view of Óli Kristian á Torkilsheyggim's farm in Toftir. When most people refer to a frightening incident at sea, they typically mean...

My childhood Christmas didn’t look like yours. Of course, we had a tree and our “stockings were hung by the chimney with care” which according to my mother ‘s standards required a carpenter’s level. But Christmas also evokes hidden memories of my namesake—and I don’t mean the baby Jesus. Mom and Dad were keeping a secret, and I was well into adulthood before the truth was out. There were no Christian teachings in our house. My parents believed my brother and I could suss out

“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,” said no man ever while standing in the TSA line at JFK airport.

Magnus Petersen’s house sits on a hill above the village like a star atop a Christmas tree. On a clear day, and there aren’t many in the...

My first day in the Faroe Islands the sun is shining and there is only a faint breeze infused with a gulp of salt air.

In 1997, I had been raising cashmere goats in Maine for barely two years. Although they had been imported from Australia a decade before