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Biomimicry Website Links

 

Biomimicry

Biomimicry is an ecodesign strategy that researches chemical, structural and organizational examples from biology for applications in products and systems. Biomimicry requires an in-depth understanding of natural processes and principals; one way of understanding and applying biomimicry through collaboration with a biologist.

http://www.asknature.org/
Ask Nature is a library of biomimicry precepts compiled the Biomimicry Institute (with the assistance of IDEO) to help designers quickly and easily identify applicable natural principals.

www.biomimicry.net/
Biomimicry contains both a consultancy and a non-profit approach to emerging discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.

http://biomimicryeuropa.org/
This Biomimicry site provides news, cases and project samples; it aims to contribute to an alternative developmental route for modern civilization.

http://bioinspired.sinet.ca/
Bio Inspired provides newsletters, e-magazines, event s schedule and useful links about Bio-Inspired Design.

www.biomimicrynews.com/
Biomimicry News archives engineering solutions gleaned from similar systems developed in nature.  

www.biomimicryneo.org/  
Biomimicry NEO is for business people and designers who are interested in networking and putting biomimicry to work at every design table.

http://bx.businessweek.com/biomimicry/news  
Business Week’s column, Biomimicry, enlists cases that show how businesses could be enhanced by imitating nature’s creations.  

http://www.biomimicry.info/index
Biomimicry Info  provides information and ideas about biomimicry to be used by educators.

www.itconversations.com/shows/detail241.html
IT Conversations offers audio streaming and transcripts of a 30-minute presentation by Janine Benyus.

www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=printarticle&itemid=1656&la
The Science & Development Network offers an article on how African termites give clues to the design of energy efficient buildings that adapt to a changing climate.

 

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