BIG Congratulations to both MycoMine & Novobiom for winning the inaugural The Future is Fungi Award for Startups 2023! 🍄🚀 👏🏻#fantasticfungi #bioremediation #entrepreneurs #sustainabilityleadership #carbonneutrality
Novobiom and MycoMine Receive The Future is Fungi Award 🏆 We're thrilled to award both Novobiom and MycoMine, with The Future is Fungi Award for their outstanding efforts in mycoremediation of soil and water—an innovative approach vital for our planet's health. Novobiom Novobiom's focus on mycoremediation to restore soil is crucial. With 30% of Earth's soil already degraded and projections indicating a potential 90% degradation by 2050, their work addresses an urgent global challenge. Loss of biodiversity, with nearly 60% residing in our soil, poses a severe economic risk according to the WEF. Novobiom's mission to restore contaminated soil using fungi, nature's own helper in cleaning and decomposing, is a significant step toward mitigating this risk. Moreover, Novobiom's commitment to biomimicry—drawing inspiration from nature—is evident in their innovative approach. They not only focus on mycoremediation but also repurpose waste, such as textile waste, into bioactive compounds for use in various applications, including cosmetics. This demonstrates their understanding of utilizing nature's capabilities for sustainable solutions. MycoMine MycoMine utilizes mycoremediation to clean up contaminated water for hydrocarbons with their “MycoCube”. Their approach can be applied for various toxic waste streams and over time, Novobiom envision to be able to remediate water for heavy metals, Rare Earth Element (REEs) and PFAS. The produced biomass can then becomposted back into the natural carbon cycle or up- cycled into value added mycelium-based products, such as biofuel, textiles and building materials. MycoMine is another great example of how we can harness fungi`s capabilities as nature`s decomposer and natural clear to restore nature, biodiversity and our ecosystems. Novobiom work holds immense promise for a more sustainable future by not only restoring degraded soil but also repurposing waste using nature-inspired methodologies. MycoMine shows the way how we can clean polluted water sources leveraging fungi. Let's applaud both start-ups for their exemplary contributions to environmental restoration and sustainable innovation! 🌿🍄🌍 #FutureIsFungi #SustainableSolutions #Mycoremediation #Biomimicry #Innovation #AwardWinner Fungi Future