You may not want to become vegan for animal rights purposes, despite the wealth of scientific evidence you may believe that a meat and dairy based diet is better for your health, but with 12 years to reverse climate change it is now an urgency to turn vegan for the environment. The meat industry relies on supply and demand, and the vast increase in veganism demonstrates that individual actions can force capitalism to adapt to tackle climate change on a mass scale.
While these are just two exciting examples of the ways that mushrooms/mycelium and blue-green algae can work toward a sustainable world, governments have yet to invest in mass mycelium clean-up projects. By fusing technology and the natural world, as Mannoor and Joshi have, with the creativity of human invention as Stamets has, we can find solutions to our climate and global challenges.