TED Community » Matthew Lynch

Location:: Germany, Honolulu, HI
Current organization:: TheGreenBackpack
Current role:: exploring regenerative design through travel
Gender:: Male
Areas of expertise:: Event Planning & Production, Strategic Planning and Execution, Film and video, Real estate development and finance

I am:: Activist, Artist, Blogger, Entrepreneur, Finance professional, Philanthropist, Photographer, Social entrepreneur, World traveler, Writer/Editor
Languages:: English
My website links:: TheGreenBackpack
Universities:: Sidewalk University, School of Hard Knocks [Survivor]

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A comment on Talk: Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!

Feb 5 2011: There is much to learn from your approach of observing nature, utilizing biological resources and ecological processes, to create multi-functional, low-tech, regenerative design solutions. Kudos to you Kate, I hope more architects are inspired to look to nature for inspiration and solutions to our design challenges.

"Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple."
- Bill Mollison -
A reply on Talk: Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Oct 11 2010: there may be mycellium that can digest styrofoam ...Paul Stamets gave a TEDtalk on using OysterMushroom mycellium to help clean up theGulf oil spill http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html