ATTAINABLE SUSTAINABLES

Here are some of our favourite innovations doing more with less to balance global environmental sustainability and self-sufficiency – with help from Mother Nature

Korvaa

OK, so it’s just a science experiment for now, but there are plans to turn these headphones made from mushrooms into a real product. We say mushrooms, we mean fungal mycelium replacing leather, but they’re also made with sustainable foaming proteins and biosynthetic spider silk. £tba / korvaa.com

Marjan van Aubel Current Table 2.0

Tables that charge your phone are nothing new, but designer Marjan van Aubel has made one that’s self-sustaining with solar power. She wants all surfaces in the home to feature solar panels; see her latest crowdfunder for a solar light, Sunne. £poa / marjanvanaubel.com

Fjallraven Samlaren

Samlaren is Swedish for ‘the Gatherer’, and so Fjallraven has launched a new capsule collection made from leftover fabric. The colourful caps, totes, backpacks and jackets are made from the company’s densely woven G-1000 material, in a test run for its sustainable future. from £34 / fjallraven.com

Wakecup Bottle

We’re about to embark on beers in the park, so keeping the cold ones cold (and the hot tea hot when the reality of Britain’s climate kicks in) will be easier with this thermometer-packing bottle. It’s sustainable bamboo, and 10% of profits go to the Marine Conservation Society. £25 / globalwakecup.com