"Next up for Steelcase: bringing Ecovative's EcoCradle packaging to more product lines. The ultimate goal, explains Nahikian, is to go through Steelcase's portfolio and eliminate synthetics wherever possible." Read More

"Producing the material is an extremely low energy process because the material is grown in the dark, with no watering and no petrochemical input." Read More

"Ecovative Design may spark a revolution in waste management theory or a specific industry turn-around in packaging; it may just become another option to choose from."

A promising start-up named Ecovative is building a 10,000-sq.-ft. (about 930 sq m) myco-factory in Green Island, N.Y. "We see this as a whole new material, a woodlike equivalent to plastic," says CEO Eben Bayer. Read More

Greensulate™ was featured on CSI:NY on CBS. Forward to 25:20 to watch Greensulate™ become a clue in a serial murder case. Watch Episode

"Your next toilet may come packed in fertilizer for your garden. EcoCradle is the only treeless, biodegradable shipping material that can be molded into as many shapes as polystyrene, a.k.a. Styrofoam, so it can protect objects of any size or weight. Ecovative Design fills a reusable mold with agricultural waste like rice husks and sprays on mushroom root cells, which eat the husks and grow to form a dense network that packs the mold. After baking, the lightweight material feels like Styrofoam, but its production uses one eighth the energy. The ‘shrooms made their debut this fall cradling shipments of window blinds. " Read More

PopTech has recently announced Eben Bayer as one of the PopTech Social Innovation Fellows Class of 2009. The PopTech Social Innovations Fellows recognizes “high potential young leaders with new approaches poised for transformational impact. Fellows work in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds, nationally and internationally (as far away as India, South Africa, and Brazil), and are working in organizations that are well positioned for sustainable growth. They are the world-changers of tomorrow.” Watch the video

"We all use Styrofoam and don’t realize it. Beyond packaging, it’s in the tables we use and the airplanes in which we fly. We’ve long heard, though, that it’s not the most environmentally friendly product, taking 10,000 years to break down. Enter two 24-year-old innovators with some mushroom roots and seed husks. "
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"Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre want to line the walls of your home with mushrooms. The young entrepreneurs have created a strong, low-cost biomaterial that could replace the expensive, environmentally harmful Styrofoam and plastics used in wall insulation, as well as in packaging and a host of other products. Wind-turbine blades and auto-body panels aren't out of the realm of possibility, either." Read More

"On a college campus in upstate New York, seniors are growing mushrooms beneath their beds. Sure, you say. What else is new? But it’s not what you think—they’re experimenting with eco-friendly insulation. " Read More

"Earlier this year we posted about Ecovative Design's Greensulate material,
which can be shaped into packaging material and is made from seed
husks and mushrooms rather than polystyrene and petroleum. An
Earth911['s] article takes a closer look at Greensulate's fascinating
development process, devised by Ecovative principals Eben Bayer and
Gavin McIntyre. " Read More

"Ecovative aims to create “cost competitive alternatives to synthetics like foams and plastics.” As a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Eben Bayer, a co-founder of the company Ecovative Design and a Vermont native with some experience harvesting mushrooms, realized that perlite, a type of volcanic glass frequently used as a component of insulation, was also used in growing mushrooms." Read More

"Back in July, we wrote about a promising start-up that has developed an organic alternative to traditional insulation products. Ecovative Design's Greensulate (building insulation) and Negative Volume (packaging) are manufactured—or rather, grown—from agricultural waste products like rice hulls, which are combined with water, recycled paper and living mushroom cells to create panels that can be used to insulate buildings or protect packages during shipment. " Read More

"Homeowners eager for green ways to keep their houses cool in the summer and warm in the winter may soon have an alternative to the pink fiberglass insulation they have used for decades. Troy, N.Y.,-based Ecovative Design is testing the ability of its Greensulate, a sustainable building material made from mushroom fibers, rice hulls and recycled paper, to resist temperature change, stop fire and repel water in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM) International standards." Read More

"Mushrooms become source for Eco-Building, Eben Bayer grew up on a farm in Vermont learning the intricacies of mushroom harvesting with his father. Now the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate is using that experience to create an organic insulation made from mushrooms. Combining his agricultural knowledge with colleague Gavin McIntyre's interest in sustainable technology, the two created their patented "Greensulate" formula, an organic, fire-retardant board." Read More

"Newspaper and denim used to be the coolest sounding insulation options. But now Eben Bayer, son of a Vermont maple syrup farmer, and his college classmate Gavin McIntyre have created insulation from oyster mushrooms." Read More

"What it is: A method for bonding insulating materials using the
mycelia, or roots, of mushrooms. The technique results in a product that is biodegradable and can be produced using less energy than need for other types of insulation, and without petroleum or chlorofluorocarbons." Read More

"Materials ranging from hemp to recycled paper to used denim are all in use as alternatives to traditional fiberglass and foam building insulation. Now Eben Bayer, who will graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 19th, has added another material to the mix: mushroom spores." Read More

Ecovative was featured in an episode of Invention Nation on the Discovery Channel.

Ecovative appeared on CNN in September as part of a
program called "Open House."

Ecovative appeared on a full-length show of The Lazy
Environmentalist that aired in July on Sirius Satellite Radio.