[Full Length] The Inner Lives of Fungi — with Giuliana Furci
SYNOPSIS:
Introducing Giuliana Furci. The woman who has been chosen by the fungi. The mother who is in love with the mold that grows on lemons. The founder and CEO of the Fungi Foundation, a Harvard University Associate, Dame of the Order of the Star of Italy (!), and Co-Chair of the IUCN Fungal Conservation Committee.
We travel through the day in the life of a fungi; how moving beyond plant and animal-centric language transforms our perception of the world; what it’s like to be on a bone-chilling fungal expedition in Patagonia; what the fungi can teach us about loneliness and rot; the perils around fungal IP, and why you should always go pee behind trees #thefutureisfungi
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Inner Lives of Fungi - Giuliana Furci
QUOTES:
What’s common with all fungi is that they live inside their food. Fungi cannot exist without another, and so they are organisms that are never alone.
You need to tune into the intuition of a place, and then there will be a compulsion to go in a certain direction — and you find something astonishing!
Every time I encounter a fungus, I feel plenitude. Even with mould on a lemon, I feel profound love.
What fungi have shown me is that we can't, and we don't have to do, anything alone. They question the limits of individual existence.
Fungi teach us how important it is to let things rot - ideas, ideals, relationships. Decomposition is the only way we can recompose.