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New project seeks to solve housing crisis using mushroom byproduct and troublesome weed (theworld.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by solo to c/fungus

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[–] OlPatchy2Eyes 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wacky. I'm not sure how it solves the housing crisis though. It's not like Namibians don't know how to build their homes, or lack the material.

The material is a carbon-sequestering concrete alternative made from an otherwise useless plant and that's what's neat about it.

[–] solo 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think you're totally right. It's a cool project but it doesn't aim to solve the root of the housing crisis there. Mainly colonialism, lately neoliberalism.