ecovative design

Taking Ideas Further: NCIIA grantees on TED

Submitted by dave on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 14:58

Daniel Kraft: the Marrow Miner

Eben Bayer: the Ecocradle

 

Former E-Team Ecovative Design and Sealed Air Corporation team up

Submitted by tim on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:20

Former E-Team Ecovative Design LLC and Sealed Air Corporation have announced they will work together to accelerate the production, sales and distribution of Ecovative’s EcoCradle® Mushroom™ Packaging, an environmentally responsible packaging material made from agricultural byproducts and mycelium, or mushroom roots. The technology was developed in part with a 2007 E-Team grant.

Read the press release.

Watch the video! Ecovative Design on MotherBoard TV's 'Upgrade' show

Submitted by dave on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 15:12

 

Creating a company - Eben Bayer on the evolution of Ecovative Design

Submitted by dave on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 14:27

We uncovered this video featuring Eben Bayer of former E-team Ecovative Design. He provides a great insight into his technology and company, and the benefits of green packaging compared to plastics. Bear in mind NCIIA provided Ecovative with its first external funding only four years ago...

Ecovative Design wins DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation

Submitted by dave on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 09:50

Former E-Team grantee Ecovative Design has won a top DuPont Corp award for its biodegradable mushroom packaging.

The judges found Ecovative’s fungus technology to be a “cost-effective and sustainable replacement for expanded polystyrene or other materials used in protective packaging.”

Read more: Ecovative Design wins top DuPont award | The Business Review
And: TechCrunch's story on Ecovative Design.

 

NCIIA grantee Ecovative Design gets an infusion of cash

Submitted by dave on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 11:00

Ecovative Design, a 2007 E-Team that is manufacturing packaging out of mushrooms, has announced equity investments from 3M, RPI and the DOEN Foundation. Read more...

 

NCIIA grantees on CNN!

Submitted by dave on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 08:30

Former E-Teams report exciting news!

Ecovative Design has signed a deal with Ford Motors to produce car parts made from fungi. Read the story...

Sproxil will appear on CNN Africa Marketplace today and over the weekend. Here's the schedule:

  • 2:45pm ET: Friday, April 1
  • 8:45pm ET: Friday, April 1
  • 1:15am ET: Saturday, April 2
  • 2:15am ET: Sunday, April 3

 

Message from Davos

Submitted by dave on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 15:15

NCIIA grantee and Ecovative Design CEO, Eben Bayer, is attending the annual meeting in Davos. He's blogging about his experiences.

 

Ecovative's green packaging is mushrooming!

Submitted by dave on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 09:53

 

Take a tour of NCIIA grantee Ecovative Design's plant with PBS's Nightly Business Report, and get the behind-the-scenes view on how fungi is transformed into packaging material. And read Huffington Post's article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are mushrooms the new plastic? And, survive a housefire....

Submitted by dave on Fri, 10/01/2010 - 15:28

Mushrooms and how they can save the planet... Eben Bayer of former E-team Ecovative Design spoke at the TED Conference in Oxford, England, about his company's great idea: Ecocradle, a biodegradable replacement for styrofoam. Watch Eben's talk.

It's National Fire Prevention Week. The Today Show called on Ryan O'Donnell of past E-team Bullex Digital Safety to help demonstrate how to escape from a burning house. See the clip.

 

Apply for an E-Team grant!

Want to create a great company like Ecovative Design or Bullex Digital Safety? NCIIA awards grants worth up to $20,000 to help student teams develop their technology. E-team grant applications are due Dec. 3. Read more and apply!

 

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