Lovely example of biomimicry from Ecovative via Grist:
Usually you do not want fungi in the walls of your home. But Ecovative is building a home in which having fungi in the walls is the entire point. The “Mushroom Tiny House” will use mycelium (the mass of threadlike “roots” that mushrooms use to take in nutrition) for insulation.
According to Inhabitat, this stuff is basically asbestos except that it’s not bad for the planet, won’t give you cancer, and is related to something you might put on a pizza…
Once upon a time entrepreneurs were thought to be born rather than made. However, like any human craft there’s a strong element of skill. We now know a lot about the skills and habits of successful repeat entrepreneurs. These are 3 of our current favourite skill-builders – along with video intros – for finding, funding…
Smart new business models are delivering radical forms of sustainability – without any mention of the “S” word. eBay, Gumtree and others are enabling product reuse and recycling across the globe and in all sorts of market places. Whether it’s a 10 year old girl updating her toy collection, a home handman acquiring tiling tools,…
I saw an interesting-looking role advertised recently: Sustainability Strategy Manager. From the title, it seemed like it could be interesting. Sadly, when I read it, it wasn’t what I’d hoped. The role reported into Marketing and seemed to be more to do with external communication than with building strategic sustainability capability within the business.
When I was little, my mum used to yell at me “Don’t play on the road – you’ll get killed by a car!” That was a long time ago – we now know that the human brain doesn’t process negatives well. I’m not a parent, however I understand that these days the advice is to…
In the book “Crossing the Chasm“, marketer Geoffrey Moore proposed that there is a specific challenge in moving innovations from the early adopters (technology enthusiasts and visionaries) out into the broader community – particularly in engaging the early majority ( who are pragmatists). Many innovations never make it across “the chasm” into the broader population, regardless of…
To me, the Regenerative Business revolution began back in the 1990s. Where I see examples, I post them into the LinkedIn Regenerative Business discussion group. To me, the more we observe and applaud the emerging shift to truly win/win/win sustainable business models, the more we can accelerate their spread. Whether it’s a suburban accountant installing…
