The biodegradable, self-cleaning fabric made from living caterpillar fungus

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The sustainable fashion industry has spent years trying to reduce harm: less water, fewer synthetic chemicals, more recycled material. A research team at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology went in a different direction. They grew the fabric from a living organism. The material comes from Cordyceps militaris, a […] The post The biodegradable, self-cleaning fabric made from living caterpillar fungus first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.