TED: How Plants Can Save the World

(TED.com) Mycologist Paul Stamets, who studies mycelium, lists six ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.

• A Plant's-eye View
  What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view. (His book The Omnivore’s Dilemma explains how our food not only affects our health but has far-reaching political, economic, and environmental…) More>>