Paul Stamets, fungi advocate - and entrepreneur

Paul Stamets loves mushrooms.

Not only in his plate but in many places where sustainable development is at stake and particularly where humans need to:

• produce sustainable energy (turning cellulose into ethanol for example);
• get rid of polluting waste and regenerate soils;
• produce bio-active substances to treat smallpox and other diseases;
  
• produce pesticidal tools that trick insects into eating them.

He explains his interest in a 17-minute, lively and illustrated talk posted on ted (technology, entertainment, design). (recorded in Feb. 2008 in California).

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html