Mushrooms to the rescue

We’re shocked by what these guys can do. From constructing buildings to curing diseases. Mushrooms are being tested in innovative and imaginative ways to help society. Engineers, medical researchers, and designers are utilizing the natural abilities of various fungi for antibiotics, building materials, water filtration, toxic waste cleanup, pest abatement, textiles, and other purposes.

A plastic eating enzyme, yasss!!

An international team of scientists have accidentally enhanced a plastic eating enzyme in a discovery that could change our relationship with plastic forever. The breakthrough, if scaled up, could lead to plastic being broken down into its original components and formed into plastic items again, removing the need for making more of the material. What […]

Coffee to go, waste not.

We love when companies use technology o cut down on waste, especially when the side effect is more of a caffeine buzz for us ๐Ÿ˜‰ Kaffeeform, a Berlin-based start-up, has been creating coffee cups from recycled coffee grounds for the past three years. With the help of courier services, the company picks up used coffee […]

Canada bans captivity and breeding of whales & dolphins

Canada has banned the practice of keeping dolphins, whales and porpoises in captivity after a long-fought-for piece of legislation passed resoundingly Monday. The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, whichย Canadian media nicknamedย the โ€œFree Willyโ€ bill, outlaws captivity, breeding, trade, possession and capture of cetaceans. Theย measure, which was first introduced in 2015, passed by […]

LOVE Costa Rica! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒ

Costa Rica is running 100% on renewable energy. Congrats Costa Rica! They have achieved an amazing milestone in the history ofย green energy. The heavy rains in the Central American region have allowed the country to completely renounce fossil fuels, and to feed almost entirely on the electricity generated from 4 hydroelectric plants โ€“ with a […]