Fungi are emerging as powerful allies in the fight for a sustainable future, with mycelium leading innovations across food, packaging, fashion, and more. In this interview with Springwise, Susanne explores how fungal breakthroughs—and the Future is Fungi Award—are transforming industries and accelerating climate solutions.

The Future is Fungi Award and its startup winners have been featured in the renowned Nature Biotechnology focusing on the incredible potential of mycoremediation. Mycoremediation allows us to harness the natural capabilities of fungi, as the cleaners and decomposers in nature, to restore contaminated soil and water.

2nd place scientist in the award, William Newell from Imperial College of London was featured in The Microbiologist for his research on electromicrobial CO2 fixation.

The Microbiologist (by Applied Microbiology International) had a talk with The Future in Fungi Award about the award, the potential of fungi for environmental solutions and the winners of the inagural award.

The Future is Fungi Award was covered by Synbiobeta, the world largest community focused on synthetic biology.