Mushrooms

Mushrooms have amazing potential

Are mushrooms the new plastic? (TEDtalk video)

6 ways mushrooms can save the world TEDtalk. Paul Stamets has also designed the LifeBox for planting trees. His video channel

Insulation and packaging — both made from mushrooms. Bayer came up with the idea as a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic in New York and developed it with classmate Gavin McIntyre. Now the two have a company called Ecovative Design (audio and video).

Video discussion, including how to, with Mushroom Mtn SC. Especially interesting is bio-remediation, even breaking down oil (and diesel contaminated soil). A collection of technical documents Cambridge 2001.

Two UCB students give up finance and become social entrepreneurs, using coffee waste to grow organic mushrooms (video).