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Janine Benyus: We Are Surrounded by Genius - Whole Systems Design by Nature

 

Aug 6, 2009

http://www.ted.com Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GFq12w5WU

 

WATCH: BIO-INSPIRATION: NATURE AS MUSE  - KQED QUEST -   For hundreds of years, scientists have been poaching design ideas from structures in nature. Now, biologists and engineers at UC Berkeley are working together to design a broad range of new products, such as life-saving milli-robots modeled on the way cockroaches run and adhesives based on the amazing design of a geckos foot .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBkbaFsZOY

 

FROM SOAP TO CITIES, DESIGNING FROM NATURE COULD SOLVE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES by Sven Eberlein — YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/the-solutions-to-our-biggest-challenges-are-all-around-us2014in-nature

 

 >>>YOU CAN'T BEAT MOTHER NATURE  - Human contrivances pale in comparison with the technologically superior feats of the natural world  http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/31/reviews/970831.31saga01.html

 

TO CHANGE OUR DIRECTION, IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW NATURE'S LEAD by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine Letter From The Editor http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/natures-original-idea?icl=email_november12&ica=ChangeDirectionFollowNature

 

>>>>THE 15 COOLEST CASES OF BIOMIMICRY  http://brainz.org/15-coolest-cases-biomimicry/

 

BIOMIMICRY ABOUNDS IN THE BAY AREA | KQED QUEST http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/20/biomimicry-abounds-in-the-bay-area/

 

>>>>>VIDEO: NATURE-TECH : LIFEPOWER - LEARNING FROM NATURE (BBC) Part 1/4 HD - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQUhPPtQL0

 

 >>>>>BIOMIMICRY: We must draw our standards from the natural world. We must honor with the humility of the wise the bounds of that natural world and the mystery which lies beyond them, admitting that there is something in the order of being which evidently exceeds all our competence http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/benyus-biomimicry.html

 

>>>LIVING LESSONS OF BIOMIMICRY  by Janine Benyus | Awakin.org Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=790

 

>>>>>WATCH: QUEST TV:

Biomimicry is gaining widespread recognition for its interdisciplinary approach to innovation.

By bringing biologists to the design table, biomimicry offers solutions for increasing sustainability of products, processes, and systems. A new UC Berkeley course, How Would Nature Do That?

Underwater glue, molecular-sized solar cells, self-assembly, insect communication, swarm behavior, genetic algorithms ... http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/20/biomimicry-abounds-in-the-bay-area/

 

 

AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD « The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

 

 

 

 

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AFRICA: The Constant Gardeners - Sowing Seeds right where they are

AFRICA: The Constant Gardeners - Sowing Seeds right where they are | Biodiversity IS Life -- Conservation,Ecosystems,Wildlife,Rivers,Water,Forests | Scoop.it

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa

Some 15 million Africans abandon the countryside every year in pursuit of better lives in the city. Climate change and further desertification will only exacerbate that trend. How will these ballooning urban populations survive? The best strategy, they're finding, is to begin sowing seeds right where they are.

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