
Ancestral Reverb
We’re exploring the sounds of Carbon Heritage and climate hope. We’ll be journeying down an old mine shaft to capture it’s reverb, experimenting with the earliest known recordings of an English pit brass band, collaborating with some exciting music artists, and writing a spoken word piece in collaboration with the Durham miners community.

A book shop made of book shop waste
We are growing, we think, the world's first fungal book shop.
We’re collaborating with Forum Books and The Biscuit Factory for the next experiment in the Mushroom Sculpt series – we’ll be feeding a few tonnes of waste cardboard from the book shop to some fungus, and using it to create a pop-up book shop.
A book shop made of book shop waste. The Mushroom Book Room.

Ancient grains and lab-grown meat. Let’s eat the future.
Join our volunteer team of Hosts. We’ll introduce you to a range of emerging food ideas. You’ll then plan and host a meal inspired by your experience, and help us plan a feast event at the Festival of Thrift 2024.