Janine was invited to meet with Prince Charles some years ago – and clearly her message resonated. This Friday, Nov 19 NBC will be showing “Harmony”, a documentary inspired by Prince Charles and featuring Janine talking about how biomimicry: Inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales, HARMONY captures on film in a way we’ve never […]
Category Archives: climate change
We Should Be Scared, Very scared…
As I’ve said before I prefer to write about solutions, but from time to time it is worth restating the case for alternatives to the modern industrial complex as we know it… The scientists are concerned because there were several extreme events around the world this year, some happening at the same time — the […]
Towards A Resilience Pattern Language
If climate goes the way most scientists predict, then “resilience” is a word we’ll read ever more often. Last weekend I attended “Design 4 Resilience” and here is an example of what emerged: Chris Byrne, a participant at D4R last Saturday, has catalyzed D4R’s first informal workgroup to discover a resilience pattern language. Chris’ curiosity, […]
More Use – Less Stuff part 2
I’m just back from Green Festival buzzing with new ideas, renewed energy and a few new connections to followup. See if you can find the common thread on just three of the exhibitors: http://sharingsolution.com http://rentalic.com http://cohousing.org. Yes, back to my earlier post about getting more from less. I believe this is a powerful meme that […]
In a rousing opening address at this year’s Bioneers conference, event co-founder Kenny Ausubel outlined his vision: “…to re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.” He went on to highlight biomimicry as “arguably the single most important design strategy to shoot the rapids […]
Giving Nature a Nudge to Calm Climate Change
This morning at the Biomimicry Climate Change Conference, Jay Harman (founder of PAX Scientific) announced The COMMET Project. More info to follow – this could be a critical breakthrough as the window of opportunity to create the long-term solutions is closing rapidly.
Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
One of the key things that attracted me to the field of biomimicry was that it showed in very clear terms the value of protecting biodiversity. I just heard the authors of “Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity” interviewed on PRI’s Living on Earth and thought it well worth sharing: Variety isn’t just […]
Conference: Biomimicry’s Climate-Change Solutions
On October 20th, The Biomimicry Institute in conjunction with the annual Bioneers conference will be holding a one-day conference “Biomimicry’s Climate-Change Solutions: How Would Nature Do It?” This landmark one-day intensive reveals the leading edge of biomimetic solutions to climate change, modeled on nature’s operating instructions. It’s designed for action-oriented professionals from the fields of […]