Mending: A Sewing Survival Intensive is an immersive, hands-on sewing and repair intensive focused on low-tech, hand-based mending practices rooted in Appalachian and working-class traditions. In an era of climate instability, supply chain fragility, and disposable consumer culture, this workshop treats sewing not as a hobby, but as a survival skill—one that strengthens personal resilience, reduces dependence on industrial systems, and reconnects participants to material knowledge passed down through generations.