Keratin Company

Bio-mimicry's goal is to create a closed loop system within a company so that nothing is wasted or overpowered. The essential organisms that run this system are decomposers. Mushrooms, fungi, and worms have been discovered to be life changing in science. The mycelium of a mushroom is a network of hyphae that can extend for kilometers. Penicillin was formed from the penicillium fungi, and mushrooms have the ability to absorb oil and create an ecosystem from it. Vermi composting is the use of red worms to decompose waste and transform into more fertile soil than regular composting.As a field experience, our class visited The Plant, a company dedicated to innovating the use of waste. They grow food with the use of aquaponics, when plants are grown from the nutrients of fish waste from the water it is connected to. It combines agriculture and hydroponics in an infinite process without excess material. Since decomposers are the key to upcycling a system, I took a product and fit it into the outline of creating a sustainable company.

In this Biomimicry unit we finalized our class by learning what it takes to contain a loop of renewable energy in our everyday lives. Spreading this environmentally sustainable mindset throughout society can eventually save the world.