Year: 2021

By John R. PlattIt’s a dirty world out there — but it doesn’t have to be.That message rings out from a slate of important new books covering the fight against various pollutants around the world. They examine everything from pesticides to air pollution and from mining waste to the trash that accumul…

By Stuart BraunMycelium, the silky thread that binds fungus, is being adapted to create everything from shoes to coffins to packaging and robust building materials. Best of all, it literally feeds on trash and agricultural byproducts, detoxifing them along the way.The biodegradable material that is …