🥩 Say hello to meat made from air
and clothes that grow..
Good morning eco-fashionistas..?
Although we do appreciate all the celebs going vintage or upcycled (you go Billie Eilish) and the kick-ass indigenous representation (Quannah Rose), below our actual thoughts on the MET gala…The supreme Court is overturning Roe v Wade, the ‘73 landmark decision that had made abortion a constitutional right in the USA…?
This Week in Climate News:
🌡️ Extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan causes power and water shortages—reaching 60°C in certain areas.
🐋 According to new study 1/3 of ocean animals are at risk of extinction due to rising temperatures.
🔥 17-story-tall 'mountain' of garbage spontaneously combusts in New Delhi during heatwave.
📈 Cool Trends:
🍏 Turning food waste into clothes: apples into boots, banana peels into dresses, and orange peels into silk.
🚀 Space inspired innovation: check out stories below.
🥩 SF Startup creates alt meat from captured CO2
Back in the 1970s NASA scientists explored ways to turn elements in the air into protein for astronauts. The research was shelved and forgotten until Air Protein founders Dr. Lisa Dyson and Dr. John Reed rediscovered it.
How does it work?
Air fermentation begins with the same building blocks that all plant life needs to grow—air, water, and renewable energy.
Elements of the air are whisked together with cultures until they produce protein within a matter of hours—a process similar to how yogurt, cheese, and wine are made.
The protein that the cultures produce is harvested and purified, then dried to remove water. The result is a super-clean, protein-packed flour—nutritious, versatile, and ready to be turned into any meat.
Perhaps the technology’s biggest caveat is that it requires hydrogen too—meaning that it needs electricity to split hydrogen from water. However, it of course requires less land, less water and no pesticides to produce.
But is it good for you?
Founder Dr. Dyson claims that Air Meat is cleaner and more nutritious than animal meats.
"The substance has no soy, hormones, pesticides, herbicides or genetically modified organisms, it features more protein per kilogram than any other meat source and is rich in vitamins, minerals and amino acids."—Dr. Lisa Dyson
So far Air Protein has raised $32M and hopes to reach shelves in the coming years.
👗Petit Pli: Clothes that Grow
Inspired by space, aeronautical engineer Ryan Mario Yasin founded Petit Pli, a brand of childrenswear that uses innovative and disruptive materials that grow with your kid for up to 7 sizes!
💩 WTF? news
🇦🇺 Flood and cyclone-prone areas in eastern Australia may be ‘uninsurable’ by 2030
💵 $44B: Elon Musk paid for Twitter the same amount Biden is spending on his climate program…
🌏 The Culture Club
📺 What we’re watching: The Salt of the Earth documentary
📚What we’re reading: Finding the Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard
👁 Profile of the week: @maxlamanna
🤯 Fun fact we learnt this week: A Greenland shark that is 400 years old is the world’s longest-living-vertebrate.