Tag: Bezos Earth Fund

Bezos Earth Fund awards $10 million to Berkeley team for compost-based fibers

Bezos Earth Fund awards $10 million to Berkeley team for compost-based fibers

April 27, 2026 |

In California, Bezos Earth Fund has awarded $10 million to a team of University of California-Berkley researchers to develop fabrics made from compost but inspired by spider silk. Such fabrics would help address the 92 million tons of textile waste generated by the fashion industry annually. Project lead Ting Xu calls the process waste to […]

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Bezos Earth Fund invests $60 million in Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein

Bezos Earth Fund invests $60 million in Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein

March 18, 2024 |

In Miami, Bezos Earth Fund has committed an initial $60 million to establish the Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein. The centers, which are part of the Bezos Earth Fund’s $1 billion commitment for transforming food,  will target major technological barriers to reducing cost, increasing quality, and boosting nutritional benefit of alternative proteins by advancing science […]

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