Thursday, 24 January 2008

Keep yourself warm this winter with mushrooms!

We all know that insulation is key to keeping your house warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It's important to insulate well in order to reduce the amount of energy you use.

Traditional fibreglass used in insulation batting can irritate your skin, eyes and airways amd foam plastic insulation contains petrochemicals. But now the humble mushroom is poised to come to the rescue!

A new insulating product is set to enter the insulation market within the next two years. The product, called Greensulate, is fire-retardant, biodegradable and requires no petrochemicals for its production - because it is grown from Mycelia, the roots of mushrooms.

Is there no end to the number of benefits to be gained from our fungi friends??

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