I was blessed with some alumni mail not intended for me from CU boulder and read this awesome article whereby a professor at cu boulders department of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering (ceae) is working to make living bricks out of single cell organisms, cyanobacteria, mixing their microbes with a mix of sand and gelatin (hoofs or seaweed?) And then nudge them to produce calcium carbonate, becoming very hard bricks. They can also reproduce, so one day we could receive sacks filled with ingredients and start making living bricks.
Professors names are Wil Srubrar, jeffrey cameron of biochemistry, Sherri cook, and Mija Hubler.
"Nature has figured out how to do a lot of things in a clever and efficient way. We just need to pay attention."
If you have any other innovative green building news, post below! The last time I heard of something exciting like this was growing homes or furniture out of living Willow! It takes a few years, but it's neat.