Our mycelium is grown in a lab, not extracted from nature. For our substrate, we use a part of the plant that is a byproduct of the hemp industry. Hemp requires significantly less land and water to grow compared to other natural fiber plants and sequesters carbon dioxide into the soil. That’s a huge win for Mother Nature!

Mycelium has an exponential growth rate, taking days to weeks to fully colonize, while hemp is one of the fastest growing fiber plants, maturing in only 60-90 days. Compare these growth cycles to other conventional raw materials like wood (20-30 years) or cotton-based fibers (130-160 days) and the difference is dramatic!

In the past three years we have purchased over 6,000 lbs of hemp substrate equating to nearly 1.5 acres of hemp, sequestering between 5 to 8 tons of carbon into the soil and locking up the carbon into the plant and ultimately the lampshade. Who knew that lampshades could help alleviate climate change in such a powerful way!

Hemp requires about half as much water as other fiber crops, while mycelium requires very little water during the growing process. No additional electrical energy is needed during the mycelium growing process, the lampshades are grown using only the power of Nature!

Rated home-compostable at the end of its life, the lampshade can safely biodegrade in your backyard compost, adding nutrients to the soil rather than pollutants.

Indoor air quality is a growing concern for human health given we spend 70-90% of our time indoors. The lampshades are all natural! That means no off-gassing of harmful toxins into the air.

All our packaging is upcycled and/or recyclable paper-based products:

• Shipping box - recyclable cardboard

• Hardware sleeve - recycled padded paper mailer

• Cushioning - recycled paper wadding

• Filler - recycled paper

• Tape - recyclable reinforced paper

• Stamped with Algae Ink