they're fundamentally uncompatible with the earth's biosphere. >> we've all seen this before. almost every big product we buy comes packaged in this material. these are made from unsustainable petro chemicals, and it can take up to a million years, maybe more, for this material to biodegrade and leave the earth. >> we use a combination of agriculture waste like corn husks and mushrooms as a resin and combine them together and grow them in a mold to make a shape from everything from packaging to auto parts. a mushroom growing out of the side of tree is comprised out of mycillium. if you look in the tree structure, you find a vast network of these strands, little fibers growing through the soil of the environment as well as in trees. that's what's really fueling the mushrooms onto the side of the tree or to the forest floor. >> do you guys grow your own mushrooms? >> we never grow mushrooms. we keep it in a vegetative growth stage where it's making more root structure. >> the initial concept of using mushrooms as a resin was inspieshed through holding them together. the combinat