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"The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone."
~ Janine Benyus
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The Biomimicry Institute is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to naturalize biomimicry in the culture by promoting the transfer of ideas, designs, and strategies from biology to sustainable human systems design.  Learn more...

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BIOMIMICRY NEWS...

  • Read BusinessWeek's February article about biomimicry, The Biomimicry Institute, and Janine Benyus' work here, and see the slideshow.

  • Janine Benyus honored as one of TIME International's Heroes of the Environment for her innovative work in biomimicry. Joining her are Al Gore, David Attenborough, Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert Redford, George Schaller, Amory Lovins, and others. Read the article here.

  • Join the Biomimicry Institute for a 6-day Biologists at the Design Table (BaDT) training in late May. BaDT is an intensive and applied course in biomimicry to train people with backgrounds in biology, ecology and/or natural history to help meet the increasing need for biological knowledge from companies trying to solve design challenges in the human built environment. Applications are due March 14, 2008. Learn more here.
    Check our In the News page for a wide range of news items related to biomimcry!

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