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Ongoing research on a World Mushroom Tour grew our framework, our principles, and the Spore-co collective who deliver the deeper work with us. It keeps fruiting!

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Snaps from the field

  • Jess Jorgensen sits, smiling during a Field Trip in England's Epping Forest, on a fallen tree stump in the forest. It's a sunny day. She's holding a good stick.

    Field trip in Epping Forest, UK

  • Inspecting mycelium through a magnifying glass, in the bark of forest mulch.

    London Fungus Network at All Things Fungi fest 2025

  • Group of people with baskets on a mushroom forage

    Field trip - UK

  • Selection of foraged mushrooms, foraging basket, identification books and guides

    Foraging field trip - UK

  • Afrifungi in South Africa shows us their mycelium grown plant pots.

    Visiting AfriFungi in South Africa

  • Close up of a hand meeting some bright orange coral fungus on a mossy forest floor.

    Meeting Yellow Stagshorn (Calocera viscosa)

  • Various dried medicinal herbs and fungi on a wooden surface in a workshop.

    Visiting Cosmic Bazaar in South Africa

  • At Stellenbosch University's Department of Microbiology, student Breyten van der Merwe shows us the fungi exhibit

    Visiting Stellenbosch University dept. of Microbiology with Breyten van der Merwe

  • A man with a beard and a backpack walking in a forest with tall trees, on a trail covered with rocks and pine needles.

    Field trip with Justin Williams - ZA

  • Cullen Taylor Clark of Aether Apothecary shows us his research on South African traditional and ancient use of mushrooms as medicine

    Field trip with Cullen Taylor Clark - ZA

  • Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe overlooks his permaculture farm in Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Uganda

    Field trip with Rwamwanja Rural Foundation - UG

  • A smiling young man in a red Nike jacket with a blue shirt underneath, standing outdoors in a market area with other people and market goods in the background.

    Field trip with Mushrooms Kenya

  • Landscape of a rural countryside hill in Uganda, dotted with small cottages, agricultural plots and trees. The hill is green and lush. Above is clear blue sky with a central white cloud.

    Field trip - UG

  • Oyster, Lions Mane and Turkey Tail grain spawn inoculated in rows of jars and bags along shelves. Grown in Nairobi, Kenya, by Mushrooms Kenya.

    Field trip - KE

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Field notes, case studies and evolving thinking on how fungi intelligence is impacting human futures. Plus, behind the scenes takes on leaving the corporate and agency world behind to follow mycelium.

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Decompose to Recompose 

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Fungi as your futurist: rot, to regenerate

Today, I’m inviting you to explore with me how nature's intelligence can help us navigate uncertainty and design more regenerative, equitable futures together. It’s an invitation to think more like fungi, and a practical starting point to embodying nature’s intelligence in our worlds – starting with rot.

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Navigating the future of tourism and business, by thinking more like nature. In this report, we explore three nature-based shifts driving change in tourism, which can be applied to brand strategy.
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3 mushroom-inspired futures, all potential and desirable, imagined by Sporesight founder Jess Jorgensen.
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Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe shares insight into the refugee experience, and how to leverage permaculture and mushroom farming for self-reliance
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