Scientists Are Growing Sustainable Buildings From Fungi Now
Sustainable buildings from ‘shrooms: Scientists can grow a complex structure from a single, flexible, knitted form containing mycelium, the underground roots of fungi.
Sustainable buildings from ‘shrooms: Scientists can grow a complex structure from a single, flexible, knitted form containing mycelium, the underground roots of fungi.
Today, the Commission presents an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and 2050 perspectives.
In a world where consumption and population are increasing, we face a full-on crisis. More people around the globe are headed towards a First World lifestyle, but the West has modeled a version of it that has outgrown the ecosystem that sustains it. What can we, everyday citizens, do to help turn the tide?
About half of the world’s land is collectively held. Most of that land is not legally recognized under national laws, and even less of that land is formally documented with a land title.
The regenerative city vision needs to be driven by strong political leadership capable of setting ambitious yet realistic goals, able to gather momentum across society and mobilize different stakeholders towards such a common vision.
We can look to resources to help us speak about sustainable change as a way to empower our communities to fight against climate change.
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) team started its home design for the Solar Decathlon 2015 with ideas to build a sustainable home that can be expanded as the family grows. The Nest Home is constructed using repurposed shipping containers which give this flexibility, and the student design team reused exterior siding and recycled the home’s insulation. … [continued]
You may remember our report last winter on the development of a Haiti hospital predicted to become the world’s largest solar hospital. The Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais opened last March. So far, it’s living up to — even exceeding — all the predictions. Solar might seem to some of you … [continued]
Shala Carlson is the editor of Habitat World, the flagship print and online publication of Habitat for Humanity International. For Habitat for Humanity, sustainable — or “green” building — means creating healthy homes and communities that are less expensive to operate, more durable, and that conserve resources. It means doing everything … [continued]
Meegan Jones has been the sustainability coordinator for such famous U.K. festivals as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds. She’s put together her experiences in a new book, Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide, which talks about the ways to understand and manage the environmental impact of any event. Using her U.K. … [continued]