Does a million years of natural innovation beat a Google sprint? Prepare to have your mind bent. Biomimicry might be the most interesting subject that you have not heard of. Biomimicry is a design approach that seeks to imitate the strategies and processes found in nature to solve human problems. Learn about concrete examples of how we can tap into nature's wisdom to find innovative, sustainable solutions to human challenges. After this, you will reimagine your relationship with the natural world.
Guest: Sarah Juhl Gregerson, an entrepreneur and associate of The Stockholm Resilience Centre. Sarah is a leading expert and practitioner of Biomimicry.
Learning points:
•By viewing nature as a partner rather than an asset, we can unlock many secrets to innovation which can help us solve human made problems.
•You will get practical examples, like how the Japanese railway system used the connective ability of slime molds, on a miniature map of Japan, to find the most efficient ways to connect thousands of train lines and stations, in a way the human mind could–never imagine.
•Or, by understanding how sunlight is evenly distributed into the forest, we could envision new, more efficient economical models as collectively, nature does not lose, nothing goes to waste
•You will also hear why it makes sense to bring biologists to the innovation table.
Reimagine is a podcast with host Babak Behrad, brought to you by Society Lab.