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Everything we have published, newest first. Each piece names its source, and every diagram is drawn from the catalogue rather than from an illustration brief.

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September 2, 2026 Materials that grow themselves What a catalogue of one hundred and seventy-six projects shows about grown materials. Overview September 2, 2026 Bacteria that grow cement at room temperature, without a kiln Five projects grow cement with bacteria instead of burning limestone in a kiln. Four of them already sell. Material Independence August 26, 2026 Packaging and panels grown from fungus and seaweed Ecovative grows packaging in seven days, Notpla replaces plastic with seaweed, Mogu presses mycelium into panels. Material Independence August 19, 2026 Materials that stay alive after leaving the factory Twenty-three materials in the catalogue stay alive after they ship. Fourteen have never left a laboratory. Material Independence August 12, 2026 Seventeen economies that already run on cooperation Mondragon, Emilia-Romagna, Preston, Sardex and the WIR bank: seventeen economies that already run on cooperation. Community Coordination August 5, 2026 What happens when a government writes inner development into its national budget Nineteen governments treat inner development as public infrastructure. Fifteen of the programmes are permanent. Human Flourishing July 29, 2026 One stack that carries energy, water, materials, food, and shelter together Solar, water, materials, food and shelter on one site, each layer feeding the next, with nothing leaving as waste. Research July 22, 2026 The building materials that a working forest can supply Nine wood and fibre entries, eight of them commercial. The limit is procurement and insurance, not supply. Material Independence July 15, 2026 Twenty-seven groups that build matter atom by atom Twenty-seven groups build matter atom by atom. Ten sell today, twelve are still laboratory work. Material Independence