Mana Mushrooms

I tried to get in for an appointment with GFT in Cambridge to no avail... maybe because I slipped in the door as someone was on their way out :-)

Can't blame a guy for tryin'...

What does this have to do with mushrooms? you ask. Well, Algae and mushrooms are two of the most ignored kingdoms; I figure we could stand to benefit from some cross-kingdom love :)

Algae and Biofuels

Without naming organizations, the biggest challenge I had with approaching this grant and other symbioses in Pennsylvania was that the recaptured energy, in the form of electricity, would need to be purchased; "If we help you recapture something you're currently wasting, why should we BUY it from you?" I understand there are economic incentives for most actions, but this one was a tough mental barrier for me. Provided I bring funds for equipment to the table, I would much prefer to share the consequently recaptured energy than spend out of pocket for energy I helped recapture.

Advantage Grant

Special thanks to Joshua for helping take us down this road. It was a great learning experience for all involved.

This tool is of particular interest in the context of developing industrial symbioses in Pennsylvania. Elsewhere on the site, you may find mention of our involvement with a grant proposal to harvest waste heat from a manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania AgMap

Eco-Industrial Development: Eco-Industrial Parks, Bio-Refineries, Renewable Energy, and Zero Waste Opportunities for Lane County - A Report for the Lane County Sustainable Business and Jobs Project October 10, 2003

This report for Lane county Oregon is a good example of the concepts found at ZERI, implemented in a local context, with local groups. The url below links to several reports in a similar vein, including the one titled here. We hope you will find the list more useful than the individual report. Prepared by UO Graduate Student Interns
Naoko Atsusaka, Kate Darby, and Tim Shinnebarger
with assistance from Tom Osdobo and Faculty with the
Program for Watershed and Community Health
Institute for a Sustainable Environment
University of Oregon

Industrial_Ecology_:_a_Practical_Model
If following the link, take a look around - the seventh link is the one which gives the source material for the summary, but the site has several similar articles of interest.