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My guest today on The Green Dream is Natalie Chanin, founder of Alabama Chanin, a slow fashion brand in Florence, Alabama. This year, Alabama Chanin is celebrating its 21st year in business with a new book called https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/embroidery-threads-and-stories-from-alabama-chanin-and-the-school-of-making_9781419752773/ (Embroidery: Threads and Stories from Alabama Chanin and the School of Making), about sustainability, community, artisans and makers, published by Abrams. The book’s preface was written by Natalie’s friend, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, who, along with her husband John Leventhal, wrote the 2014 Grammy-award winning Best American Roots Song “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5PzW1ZkGlI (A Feather’s Not a Bird),” about Natalie and Alabama Chanin. On this special episode, listeners will get to hear both Natalie’s story and that hit song. Read the https://drive.google.com/file/d/13WKlDmkEVHrB_Nzh7d60KB7XSAlSK9CW/view (transcript) of this episode Get to know Dana Thomas and her book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554229/fashionopolis-by-dana-thomas/ (Fashionopolis) Watch the documentary https://vimeo.com/151837870 (Stitch), from Alabama Chanin Discover the fashion brands Another Tomorrow and Phlox