science by design
We design sustainable solutions for our world's most pressing environmental problems
We started out with some of the toughest toxins to remove from the most difficult media to clean: soils. Then, after discovering that we could coax native soil fungi to awaken, we started thinking about other large, seemingly intractable problems could benefit from fungal interventions.
Polluted Soils
We collaborate with local nonprofits, municipalities, and brownfield redevelopers to create a low input clean-up approach centered on the fungi already adapted to site pollutants
Abandoned Mine Lands
We collaborate with municipalities and mines to harness fungal-plant collaborations that
reduce metals pollution
sequester carbon
recover metals to industrial use
Wildfire Management
We collaborate with the Coalition of the Upper South Platte, similar nonprofits, and forest managers to avoid catastrophic wildfire by rotting excess fuels in place
Wildfire Aftermath and Mudslides
We collaborate with CoRenewal and partners to evaluate different ways to harness innate fungal capacity to
stabilize mountainsides
build soil structure
degrade water-repellent particles
support revegetation
looking for mushrooms?
Not all fungi make mushrooms! Typical soil fungi and plant-supporters do not make mushrooms, but are just as wonderful
Explore the fantastic fungal tree of life
Get In touch
Drop us an email if you’re interested in collaborating!
