Marissa Tiel

Sep 3, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Marissa Tiel

For nearly a decade, the Spinsters were a fixture at the Bellingham Farmers Market. Their booth was easy to find: market goers just needed to look for their brightly coloured yarns in vibrant cyan and deep magenta. Founders Kate Burge and Rachel Price commuted to the market by bike — neither one owned a car at the time — and set up most Saturdays.

Sep 2, 2024 | resilience.org | Marissa Tiel

For nearly a decade, the Spinsters were a fixture at the Bellingham Farmers Market. Their booth was easy to find: market goers just needed to look for their brightly coloured yarns in vibrant cyan and deep magenta. Founders Kate Burge and Rachel Price commuted to the market by bike — neither one owned a car at the time — and set up most Saturdays.

Aug 21, 2024 | thetyee.ca | Marissa Tiel

WHY SPINCYCLE YARNS WORKS Who works: Twenty-eight people work at Spincycle Yarns. That includes owners Rachel Price and Kate Burge, as well as those who work in the retail storefront, the mill, the dye house and the administrative offices. What works: Spincycle has effectively scaled its eco-conscious business from small-scale to mid-scale, retaining its labour-friendly values.

May 2, 2024 | tricitiesdispatch.com | Marissa Tiel

photos supplied Kelsey VossKelsey Voss sits at attention. A display of postcards, magnets, T-shirts and more sits next to her. All the products bear her national park designs. There’s dancing fireweed and mountains for Glacier National Park, bison for Yellowstone National Park, a reflection of the northern lights for Isle Royale National Park. It’s early March and Voss is in San Francisco, Cali. for the Public Lands Alliance Convention, a who’s who of US National Parks.

Apr 24, 2024 | thetyee.ca | Marissa Tiel

[Editor’s note: This article runs in a new section of The Tyee called ‘What Works: The Business of a Healthy Bioregion,’ where you’ll find profiles of people creating the low-carbon, sustainable economy we need from Alaska to California. Find out more about this project and its funders.]WHY THE STIR WORKSWho works: Seven full-time and two to five seasonal employees work at the Kamloops Food Policy Council, which operates the Stir. The facility is used by nearly 30 food entrepreneurs.