Mira Nameth, Founder of Biophilica – for a sustainable future

Mira Nameth于2019年创立了Biophilica，以开发她在皇家艺术学院的研究生设计项目：使用最丰富的自然废物流之一：绿色废物制作材料。考虑到气候变化的预测，在一个选择把孩子带到这个世界上并不容易的时候，米拉有了一个女儿，这是她的动机。米拉想成为解决方案的一部分。这导致了Treekind(R)的发明。我们未来的愿景是创造一种由绿色废物制成的主流材料组合——制造可回收/可堆肥的组合产品。Treekind(R)利用花园中的绿色废物，如树叶、树枝、草。我们还可以利用农业和林业产生的废物：英国每年产生600万吨绿色废物，全球每年产生8.8亿吨绿色废物，农业废物产生55亿吨。Treekind(R)完全不含石化产品/毒素/氟碳化合物，估计碳中性，可堆肥和可回收。主流消费者和世界上最大的公司都认识到迅速过渡到可持续材料的必要性。事实证明，我们已经从奢侈、经典、休闲品牌中获得了强烈的兴趣。与传统皮革加工相比，200万平方米的Treekind(R)生产预计可节省6亿公斤二氧化碳和318亿升水。在这个项目中，我们将进一步开发Treekind(R)，并与著名奢侈女鞋设计师Nicholas Kirkwood一起创造一款可堆肥的鞋子。

Mira Nameth founded Biophilica in 2019 to develop her graduate design project from the Royal College of Art: to make materials using one of the most abundant natural waste streams: green waste.The motivation came from Mira having a daughter at a time when the choice to bring a child into the world is not an easy one, given climate change projections. Mira wanted to be part of the solution. This led to the invention of Treekind(R).Our future vision is to create a portfolio of mainstream materials made with green waste -- to make combination products that are recyclable/compostable.Treekind(R) utilizes green waste from gardens -- like leaves, twigs, grass. We can also use waste from the agricultural and forestry industries: There is annually 6 million tonnes of green waste in the UK, globally 880 million tonnes of green waste, and 5.5 billion tonnes of agricultural waste.Treekind(R) is completely free of petrochemicals/toxins/fluorocarbons, estimated carbon neutral, and compostable and recyclable.Both mainstream consumers and the largest companies in the world recognise the necessity to rapidly transition to sustainable materials. This is evidenced by the fact that we have generated strong interest from luxury, to classic, to casual brands.The production of 2 million square meters of Treekind(R) is estimated to save 600 million kg of co2 and 31.8 billion liters of water compared to conventional leather processing.In this project, we will develop Treekind(R) further and create a compostable shoe together with renowned luxury women's shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood.