23-year-old strives to make surfing sustainable with mushroom surf boards
Surfing is a sport that is all about getting close to and appreciating nature. Unfortunately, conventional surfboards tend to contribute to environmental degradation. Steve Davies, a 23-year-old board designer from Porthcawl, Wales, is working on a surfboard built of mycelia, the root-like Read More...
Flora, fauna, and funga! UN advocates for new turn of phrase in conservation discourse
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) argued for the inclusion of fungi in conservation debates alongside flora and fauna so that fungi are “recognized and protected on an equal footing with animals and plants in legal conservation frameworks”. This shift in perspective Read More...
This beautiful mushroom growing kit aims to help you reconnect with nature
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 supply yourself Read More...
How mushrooms can unlock a future of sustainable production
A sustainable innovation company is using the mycelia of mushrooms to help create anything from lab-grown meat to 3D-printed organs and biofabricated leather. Mycelia, the complex hair-like network of cells that grows in mushrooms, can be manipulated into high-performing materials that are both Read More...