6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets
http://www.ted.com Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium -- and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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I love a challenge, and saving the Earth is probably a good one.We all know the Earth is in trouble.We have now entered in the 6X,the sixth major extinction on this planet.I often wondered, if there was a United Organization of Organisms --otherwise known as "Uh-Oh" --(Laughter) -- and every organism had a right to vote,would we be voted on the planet, or off the planet?I think that vote is occurring right now.I want to present to you a suite of six mycological solutions,using fungi, and these solutions are based on mycelium.The mycelium infuses all landscapes,it holds soils together, it's extremely tenacious.This holds up to 30,000 times its mass.They're the grand molecular disassemblers of nature -- the soil magicians.They generate th...
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I love a challenge, and saving the Earth is probably a good one.We all know the Earth is in trouble.We have now entered in the 6X,the sixth major extinction on this planet.I often wondered, if there was a United Organization of Organisms --otherwise known as "Uh-Oh" --(Laughter) -- and every organism had a right to vote,would we be voted on the planet, or off the planet?I think that vote is occurring right now.I want to present to you a suite of six mycological solutions,using fungi, and these solutions are based on mycelium.The mycelium infuses all landscapes,it holds soils together, it's extremely tenacious.This holds up to 30,000 times its mass.They're the grand molecular disassemblers of nature -- the soil magicians.They generate th...
