More than anything, we wanted to reach out with care and, as is our penchant, some nature-inspired strategies. As an organization that advocates modeling nature, many have asked us to comment on how we humans might respond to this global viral outbreak, adapt, and become resilient. In the interest of compassionate communication, I’d like to offer a thought about what we might do after this forced, difficult, collective pause.
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In 2019, a team of high school students from Larkspur, California wanted to create a more efficient underwater energy generator to take on one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gasses: electricity production. Inspired by the winged seeds of the Javan cucumber (alsomitra macrocarpa), they devised a passive control system for tidal kites, which “float / fly” in ocean currents to generate energy.
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Ever wonder how an idea inspired by nature gets brought to market? Biomimicry offers the promise of creative, sustainable solutions to solve our greatest design challenges. But it’s not enough to have a strategy for tackling a problem without the means to make it a...
Share the Biomimicry Institute’s new infographic on your social networks and spread the word: we can use biomimicry to not only learn from nature’s wisdom, but also heal ourselves — and this planet — in the process.
The Biomimicry Institute sat down virtually with Felipe Hernandez Villa-Roel, CEO and founder of Hexagro Urban Farming, to ask him about his experience as an entrepreneur and Biomimicry Launchpad participant. What motivated you to start HEXAGRO? Hexagro started as a...
Páramo is an alpine tundra ecosystem exclusively located in the Northern Andes of South America and the home to the bryophytes that a team from Bogota, Colombia were inspired by in developing their concept, Bryosoil. Bryosoil is a flood prevention system that took the...
Twenty percent of the world’s water is wasted due to leaky pipes. That’s enough water to serve an additional 1 billion people and comes at a huge cost in terms of energy and excessive infrastructure repair. Watchtower Robotics, this year’s $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize®...
This article was originally published by Green Schools National Network. By Kirstin Bullington of Richland Two Institute of Innovation Designing with nature in mind holds the key for many of today’s pressing environmental problems. So, it’s only natural that...
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