Growing your own food at home can go a long way in helping you live a more sustainable lifestyle, but that can be difficult if you don’t have a backyard garden. In a bid to offer a solution, designers have come up with smaller-scale gardens and growing kits that you can use to … [Read more...] about This beautiful mushroom growing kit aims to help you reconnect with nature
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Study links mushroom consumption to lowered risk of cancer
We at The Optimist Daily are no stranger to the power of mushrooms. These versatile fungi can be used to make sustainable clothing, treat depression, and even build decomposable coffins. Now, a new study from Penn State College of Medicine indicates that mushroom consumption … [Read more...] about Study links mushroom consumption to lowered risk of cancer
Could mushroom bricks replace cement bricks?
A tenth of global carbon emissions is made up of building materials and construction. That’s why engineers are in search of better alternatives to polluting materials such as cement bricks, which require a whole lot of energy to produce and winds up in the landfill at the end of … [Read more...] about Could mushroom bricks replace cement bricks?
Unused parking lots in Paris are becoming underground mushroom farms
Car ownership has been steadily declining in Paris for years, leaving the city with a new problem: thousands of square meters of unused underground parking space. In an effort to repurpose this space, the city began running competitions to find innovative uses for the space. This … [Read more...] about Unused parking lots in Paris are becoming underground mushroom farms
Study: Psilocybin therapy 4 times more effective than antidepressants
Last week, Oregon voted to become the first state to legalize access to psilocybin for all adults. A new study reinforces the idea that voters made a sensible decision. The preliminary human trials investigated the effect of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat the major … [Read more...] about Study: Psilocybin therapy 4 times more effective than antidepressants