Building a City Using Life's Principles

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The first city that i mentiond, for example, is called oki wall. It gets the bulk of its water from the sky and doesn't actually get it from ground water. So how can you design your city so that you're planning on getting the bulk of the water fromis? And what does that tell us about who lives here? What kind of things should happen here? We have to be asking these questions and recognize that we're just so disconnected from the reality. Em if you want something that's sophisticated and elegant, make it work as well as a tree outside aly. That's what we should aspire to.

Our guest in this podcast episode is Dr. Dayna Baumeister, a researcher, consultant, and educator in the field of biomimicry. She is the co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8., a project that trains change-makers in sustainable design principles inspired by nature’s forms, processes, and ecosystems.

Dayna and her business partner Janine Benyus have developed the biomimicry movement as a response to the world’s sustainability problems.

In this episode we talk about how we can learn from nature to be more resilient and self-sustainable, raise better adapted kids, and adopt the everyday practices to improve our chances of overcoming the climate and economic challenges ahead.

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