GreenBiz16 will gather a set of visionaries, gurus, and business leaders near Phoenix, Arizona, February 23-25, to define the greatest trends, challenges and opportunities in sustainable business today. The annual conference is a forum to discuss big (sustainability) ideas in the world of big business. But what can nature teach us about running a thriving, sustainability-driven business? Thanks to 3.8 billion years of evolutionary R&D, nature has much to teach us about sustainable business practices. We’re excited to bring biomimicry to GreenBiz once again, and are cooking up several opportunities for attendees to learn more about the practice’s application to sustainable business and leadership practices. First off, Biomimicry 3.8 co-founder Dayna Baumeister will present “Systems Thinking: Nature inspired business lessons” on the event’s main stage at 10:55 a.m. on Thursday, February, 25, where she’ll highlight nature’s key insights that can increase a company’s resilience, drive innovation, and help regenerate our culture, economy, and planet. Dayna will also host a Greenbiz...Read More >
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Posted in Biomimicry in Action, Featured on January 28, 2016 by jenna
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with World Economic Forum and McKinsey and Company, released a new report today that defines a vision of a world where plastics never become waste. “The New Plastic Economy” is a visionary report that defines a plan to empower plastic in a sense, by using circular economy principles. Applying circular economy principles to global plastic packaging flows could transform the plastics economy and drastically reduce negative externalities such as leakage into oceans, according to a press release about the report. We are proud affiliates for the foundation’s CE100 program, and are excited to support such a wonderful vision that finds new ways to envision plastic packaging to help protect what nature’s genius has created on Earth. After all, nature is the original circular economy. Biomimicry-based innovations eliminate waste by designing for optimal use of resources and eliminating redundancies. Download the full New Plastic Economy report Why focus on plastic? The report lays out a set of astounding...Read More >
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Posted in Featured, Newsworthy on January 19, 2016 by jenna
Nature enthusiasts are getting together in a big way this weekend to take a walk. More specifically, a BioBlitz nature walk. The Bioblitz walk across the Americas is January 16-17. It’s a pretty simple premise: Take a walk with your friends and family and share your findings with the world using the iNaturalist app on your smart phone. It’s the perfect excuse to let technology help us pay attention to nature. Although this weekend’s event can take place anywhere—from your backyard to your local park—there are a couple of biomimicry network groups hosting Bioblitzes. In the Arizona area? Try this Bioblitz in the Sonoran Desert. In the California area? The Coastal Redwoods Biomimicry Group is also hosting an event. Both events are free. Want to host your own Bioblitz? Here’s all the links you need to get started: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=inaturalist http://www.inaturalist.org/pages/bioblitz+guide http://nerdsfornature.org/bioblitz/ http://www.coastalredwoodbiomimicry.com/how-to-bioblitz.html Now, get out there and Bioblitz!
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Posted in Featured, Inspired by Nature on January 12, 2016 by jenna
We sent our most recent set of Certified Biomimicry Professionals out into the world not too long ago. They represented the first class of graduates to earn the BPro title and a Master’s of Science in Biomimicry from Arizona State University. As always, the cohort included an impressive mix of professionals that came together from a diverse set of backgrounds for a two-year learning journey that ended in November in Botswana. But what does it mean to be a BPro? And how do graduates incorporate into their careers? We asked a pair of BPros from two past cohorts to reflect on the inspiration they found in the program and about how biomimicry has influenced their careers: Rachel Hahs—2013-15 BPro graduate Sustainability and Innovation Consultant 10 years as a Sustainability and Environmental Consultant Why add biomimicry to your professional portfolio? I was looking for something else to move my career forward. I really felt, and still feel, that the primary focus...Read More >
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Posted in Biomimicry in Action on January 6, 2016 by jenna