Duerr

Artist, educator and fashion designer Sasha Duerr uses just about anything to dye clothing: from kitchen waste (coffee grounds, avocado pits and onion skins) to invasive "weeds" (wild fennel, oxalis) to the leaves, fruit or petals of nearly any tree or plant (maple, pear, fern, dahlia, etc).

Kirsten Dirksen: Magic of Permacouture: DIY Dyes From Your Kitchen/Garden Create Living Color Richer Than Synthetics (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2012

Today, Duerr helps preserve the art of organic botanical dying, both by teaching these skills at the California College of Arts and Craft and at Alice Water's Edible Schoolyard, and showing them on the runway with the naturally-dyed knitwear she creates with partner Casey Larkin for their bio-regional line Adie & George.

Kirsten Dirksen: Magic of Permacouture: DIY Dyes From Your Kitchen/Garden Create Living Color Richer Than Synthetics (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2012

This piece was co-authored with Maia Duerr, former executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and current director of the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program.

Roshi Joan Halifax: This Is What Compassion Looks Like: A Buddhist View Of Occupy Wall Street Roshi Joan Halifax 2011

Inspired by permaculture, Duerr believes in a slower approach to textile dying -- she founded the Permacouture Institute to help advance Slow Textiles -- both as a way to respect the environment, but also because she believes that plant-based color is more beautiful, and truly alive.

Kirsten Dirksen: Magic of Permacouture: DIY Dyes From Your Kitchen/Garden Create Living Color Richer Than Synthetics (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2012

This piece was co-authored with Maia Duerr, former executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and current director of the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program.

Roshi Joan Halifax: This Is What Compassion Looks Like: A Buddhist View Of Occupy Wall Street Roshi Joan Halifax 2011

This piece was co-authored with Maia Duerr, former executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and current director of the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program.

Roshi Joan Halifax: This Is What Compassion Looks Like: A Buddhist View Of Occupy Wall Street Roshi Joan Halifax 2011

"We doubt that Commerzbank will get BaFin regulatory authorization for such a pure cash tender as it reduces the total amount of capital stock," Mr. Duerr said.

Commerzbank to Boost Capital Alexandra Edinger 2011

DZ Bank analyst Matthias Duerr called the measure "clearly positive," but not enough to relieve the pressure on Commerzbank.

Commerzbank to Boost Capital Alexandra Edinger 2011

This piece was co-authored with Maia Duerr, former executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and current director of the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program.

Roshi Joan Halifax: This Is What Compassion Looks Like: A Buddhist View Of Occupy Wall Street Roshi Joan Halifax 2011

Artist, educator and fashion designer Sasha Duerr uses just about anything to dye clothing: from kitchen waste (coffee grounds, avocado pits and onion skins) to invasive "weeds" (wild fennel, oxalis) to the leaves, fruit or petals of nearly any tree or plant (maple, pear, fern, dahlia, etc).

Kirsten Dirksen: Magic of Permacouture: DIY Dyes From Your Kitchen/Garden Create Living Color Richer Than Synthetics (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2012