Wait, you can grow mushrooms out of what? Amazing.

Inspiring to see how coffee consumption is driving innovative approaches to cultivating something that seems, in the beginning, unrelated (mushroom farms).

poptech:

Olson Kundig Architects install a mushroom farm inside a Seattle storefront that repurposes the city’s discarded coffee grounds as compost and teaches locals about urban agriculture.

(via architizer)

Source: architizer.com

In case you too sometimes forget your travel mug - here’s how to mitigate the damage. Travel mug is still king. fastcompany: I buy many cups of coffee and habitually cringe when reaching for a plastic lid. It’s pretty hypocritical to make a point of avoiding Styrofoam, only to slap a petroleum disc on a paper cup. (And yes, I know that carrying a travel mug would obviate the issue.) Fortunately for me (and my eco karma), a designer named Peter Herman has come up with a greener, all-paper disposable cup that folds closed like a takeout container to form a sipping spout.
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In case you too sometimes forget your travel mug - here’s how to mitigate the damage. Travel mug is still king.

fastcompany:

I buy many cups of coffee and habitually cringe when reaching for a plastic lid. It’s pretty hypocritical to make a point of avoiding Styrofoam, only to slap a petroleum disc on a paper cup. (And yes, I know that carrying a travel mug would obviate the issue.) Fortunately for me (and my eco karma), a designer named Peter Herman has come up with a greener, all-paper disposable cup that folds closed like a takeout container to form a sipping spout.