Fungi Solutions

Here's to the fungi and their myceliated fans. We share our thanks to the community here in Naarm for sharing our love of Mycology. Keen an eye on the spaces of our wonderful host for more of our fungal futures talk with Merlin Sheldrake snd Tom May.

Copyright Museums Victoria, photographer: Eugene Hyland.

New fungal forms, emerging soon.

This weekend! FINDERS KEEPERS MARKET

Come along to the best design market in Naarm, at the Royal Exhibition Building, July 7-9 for NAIDOC week to celebrate and support awesome people, doing great things.

We'll be there with an installation pairing fungi and wine, turning waste into something beautiful. Come by the bar and say hi to check out the latest developments!

Image by Emily Medbury .co

We are thrilled to be announced amongst the finalists for the Banksia Awards! Congratulations to all the participants for your awesome work.

The Banksia Foundation are thrilled to announce the exceptional finalists for the 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards.

Congratulations to the following finalists this year who have been recognised for their dedication to being leaders within the Australian Sustainability landscape.

Biodiversity Award
Sustainable Farms
Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort
The Nature School
Hindmarsh Landcare Network
Warddeken Land Management
Accounting For Nature
Glenelg Golf Club - Course Maintenance Team
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre

Future Cities Award
Warrnambool Community Garden
Sydney Metro
CarbonLite
City of Melbourne
North Western Program Alliance

Marketing and Communities for Impact Award
Life Unhurried
Love Central Coast, NSW Australia
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Hunter Water
Paradigm Foods

Circular Transition Award
Recycle Mate
Huskee
Fungi Solutions
Repurpose It
Thor's Hammer
MCi Carbon

Net Zero Leadership Award
Black Stump Technologies
Reclaim Energy
FutureFeed
Metrics Credit Partners Pty Ltd

Sustainable Tourism Award
Blue Derby Pods Ride
Fun Over 50 Holidays
TRC Tourism
Busselton Jetty
Passions of Paradise Great Barrier Reef Day Tour - Cairns Australia

Ethical Sourcing Award
Greenham
Coles Group Limited
Philip Chan, University of Sydney

Agriculture and Regional Development Award
Cobram Estate
Greenham
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre

Small, Medium Enterprises Sustainable Leadership Award
Taylors Wines
The Swag Veggie Saver
Melinee Leather
Forico Pty Limited

Health and Wellbeing Award
Assembled-Threads
Alex Makes Meals
Fire Rescue Victoria

Diversity and Inclusion Award
Bunzl
Chandler Macleod
Ventia

Young Changemakers
Farmers Pick
Dr Anika Molesworth
Alex Makes Meals

Leadership in the eCommerce & reCommerce Industry Award
Totem Eco
The Daily Routine
TABOO

First Nations Leading a Sustainable Future
Social Reinvestment WA
DJAARA
The Keeping Place

Large Business Sustainable Leadership Award
Bunzl
Australia Post
Port Authority of New South Wales
Transurban
Woolworths Group

Go to https://banksiafdn.com/national-awards-finalists/ to learn more about who our finalists are!

The winners of the 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards will be announced at the National Banksia Gala Awards on Thursday 23rd of March.

We have some news to share with you, we're growing like mushrooms! - https://mailchi.mp/74bc13550119/we-have-something-new-to-share-with-you-were-growing-like-mushrooms

Photgraphy by Myf Garven

Congratulations to Darebin Businesses at the :

🍄 Fungi Solutions for their coveted Premier's Recognition Award and Circular Economy Innovation Award. The business was recognised for their innovative use of mushrooms in transforming waste into compostable packaging.

🪧 Rock Posters for their Waste and Litter Reduction Award! The post-consumer waste poster paper is specifically sheeted to their printer which uses vegetable-based inks, reducing carbon emissions one poster at a time.

Also, well done to finalist Reground on their achievement and continued work with waste collection and minimisation projects.

Read more about the winners: https://bit.ly/3Sg5rKb

Darebin City Council Sustainable Darebin
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Sustainability Victoria

We are thrilled to share that our CEO Amanda Morgan has been announced as a nominee for this years Women's Agenda Leadership Awards in the STEM category.

These are women who have demonstrated strength, courage, collaboration, empathy and innovation to excel, and help pave the way for future generations.

Congratulations to all the nominee's, it is a real highlight to be featured amongst such esteemed company.

https://womensagenda.com.au/leadership/leadership-awards/announcing-the-exceptional-finalists-of-the-2022-womens-agenda-leadership-awards/

We are thrilled to share that our CEO Amanda Morgan has been announced as a nominee for this years Women's Agenda Leadership Awards in the STEM category! Congratulations to all the nominee's, it is a real highlight to be featured amongst such esteemed company.

Amanda Morgan on LinkedIn: Announcing the exceptional finalists of the 2022 Women's Agenda Leadership I am very excited to be announced as a nominee for this years Women's Agenda Leadership Awards in the STEM category. Congratulations to all the nominee's...

We are so thrilled to be featured amongst such wonderful local organisations making an impact as nominees for the Northern Business Achievement Awards.

We’re finalists in the Premier’s Sustainability Awards!

Fungi Solutions is a social enterprise working to reduce reliance on harmful petrochemicals and instead utilise undervalued resources to generate revenue for communities. Our goal is to sequester carbon and produce bio-regenerative material solutions for Australian enterprises nationwide by establishing a Myco-Cycling industry to create value, wherever there is waste.

We’re thrilled to be recognised alongside so many Victorian changemakers who are leading the way towards a more sustainable future – especially on the 20th anniversary of the awards!.

Visit Sustainability Victoria’s website to learn more https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/psa-2021-finalists


Sustainability Victoria

We’re thrilled to share that we’re officially supporting to celebrate and unite the businesses and individuals making a positive environmental and social impact.  

The Circle Awards recognise those leading the way to a better future – a future in which the planet, people and economies can all thrive, not just survive.

Entries open today. Discover the incredible prizes, download the entry kit and more at TheCircleAwards.com

With 14 categories, entries are open to Australia or New Zealand based individuals or registered businesses and organisations of all sizes; from startups and B Corps, through to not-for-profits and large corporations.

Working toward a home compostable future.⁠
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We're building a new industry in Australia, by harnessing the natural ability of fungi to create a dense but lightweight material suitable for a wide range of applications.⁠
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What goes around comes around! After winning last years ‘One to Watch’ Accolade, Fungi Solutions is proud to be a supporter of The Circle Awards 2022.

Our Creative Director will be on this years judging panel alongside some of our favourite industry leaders and innovators.
We’ll also be providing each category winner with a custom Mycelium Trophy to take home with them! 🏆

Entries open on the 20th of July -
So help spread the word by tagging anyone you think should enter, these awards celebrate and unite businesses, organisations, projects and people that are leading the way to a better future 🌿🌎

Head to www.thecircleawards.com/anz for more information!

We can't wait to join and Planet Protector Packaging for this exciting panel discussion tomorrow. Together we'll talk through the solutions to disrupt our dependence on fossil-based plastics and bioplastics, and how consumers and supply chains can move to natural materials that leave no trace.


Greenpeace Australia Pacific
WED 23 FEB | 1PM-2PM | ONLINE | REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED

Leapfrogging Bioplastics | National Sustainable Living Festival Bioplastics have been sold to us as a solution to the plastics crisis when, at best, they are a less bad option. Meanwhile, a crop of Aussie founders has been stepping up with solutions. Phantm, Fungi Solutions & Planet Protector Packaging are using PHA, mycomaterials and wool to deliver safer, more...

Check out this write up the lovely team at Pro Bono did on on Fungi Solutions and the emerging mushroom materials space in Australia.

Our team is thrilled to be joined by so many passionate organisations and communities keen to see circular economy solutions creating value from waste.

We're getting ready to expand our offering and scale up production of our mushroom materials with an investment raise that will be open to the public through Birchal. If you'd like to stay across all the developments you can join our Community Network mailing list here.

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Amanda Morgan on LinkedIn: Using mushrooms and waste to create a new take on plastic Could the answer to eliminating single use and increasing the ease of capture lie in the roots of the humble mushroom🍄? Fungi Solutions...

Fungi Solutions is growing and we need your support!
Over the next few weeks we’ll be showing you exactly what has been going on behind the scenes at our Melbourne Facility as we begin the push to meet the growing need for regenerative materials.

Keep an eye out!

How rich and beautiful is this organic substrate from and provided by ⁠our community partner ?!⁠
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We work with community partners to divert organic waste from landfill, harnessing valuable nutrients and storing carbon when this waste is converted into Myco-Materials.⁠
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Is your business or organisation looking for an innovative solution to organic waste disposal? Contact us at [email protected] to find out more about our waste buy back model.⁠
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Organic waste a valuable resource, however when it is sent directly to landfill it releases carbon into the atmosphere contributing 3% of Australia's total emissions. ⁠
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Organic waste tonnage increased by 10% since 2016-17.⁠
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The Australian Government has committed to halve the amount of organic waste sent to landfill by 2030, and Fungi Solution's is scaling production to recapture those resources. ⁠
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We just couldn't wait until 2022 to show you our updated MycoMaterial products!⁠
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Our team has been hard at work refining our custom molds and finishes and we're so pleased with the outcome.⁠
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Look at that beautiful aerial mycelium growth - it feels like velvet!⁠
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We're committed to making beautiful products that have a life beyond shipping.⁠
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Contact us today to discuss your MycoMaterial needs.⁠
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We're delighted to share the results of our participation in Moral Fair Ground's Early Ethical Pitch Competition 2021.

Fungi Solution was awarded the following "Peoples Choice Award" "Red Hat Impact Prize" "Melbourne Climate Futures Climate Award" a stunning result! Congratulations to the team on all of their hard work!

The EEEA was awarded to the fantastic !

Well done to all of the finalists we can't wait to see what 2022 brings for all of us!

Coding For Culture
Staples of Change

Massive congratulations to Moral Fairground's Ethical Enterprise Award and Early Ethical Entrepreneur Finalists!

The Ethical Enterprise Award 2021 recognises the most inspirational ethical organisations in Australia that create positive social and economic impact in a local or overseas community through innovative and ethical trade practices. Well done to Feedback Organic Recovery, Kua, Green Fox Studio, ColourSpace, CERES Fair Food and Humanitix for being selected. Each will be sharing their story at the Ethical Enterprise Award Dinner on the 7th of December at the State Library Victoria, Melbourne. Until then, find out a bit more about each finalist here: https://www.moralfairground.com.au/ethical-enterprise-awards-2021

Finalists of the Early Pitch will pitch their ethical start-up or ethical enterprise idea to social entrepreneurial leaders. Congratulations to upcoming stars Linkmate, Fungi Solutions, EnAccess Maps, Staples of Change, Purple Card Project and Coding for Culture. The Winner of the pitch competition will be part of the Early Pitch Booster Program, providing access to mentorship, professional services, and advice valued at over $51,000. Learn more about these new and emerging enterprises here: https://www.moralfairground.com.au/early-ethical-enterprise-pitch-competition-2021

How exciting! Fungi Solutions has been named as a finalist for the Early Ethical Enterprise Pitch Competition by the wonderful team at Moral Fairground. Big congratulations to all the other finalists.

Fungi Solutions on LinkedIn: #mycomaterials #resourcerecovery #circulareconomy We're in the business of providing hopeful solutions to address challenges in waste management, resource recovery and sustainable products and packaging...

Thanks to our wonderful community partners our pilot Myco-Cycling facility in Thornbury is accepting local wastes, rescued from landfill and transforming them into clean, circular and sustainable materials for use in packaging and products.

In the coming weeks we'll introduce you to the teams making a huge impact with minimal resources and offering hope for a healthier future.

Get in touch to join our grassroots circular economy. 🌱

www.fungisolutions.com.au