Sponsors & Partners

Data Partners

Founding Sponsor

Major Sponsors

ADAM LEWIS FUND

Donors

The Whoopee Fund
The Joshua Max Simon Foundation

Supporters

The Kassel-Backer Family Foundation

Collaborators

Autodesk SEEK
IDEO
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Rocky Mountain Institute
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
WiserEarth & The Natural Capital Institute
ZERI (Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives)

Acknowledgments

The Biomimicry Institute would like to acknowledge and offer special thanks to Rocky Mountain Institute with whom we collaborated on the first beta version of the Biomimicry Design Portal. We would also like to thank John Abele and the Argosy Foundation for their early-stage financial support of this work. We offer heartfelt thanks to the Biomimicry Guild for providing our "starter culture" of data for AskNature. 

The Biomimicry Institute would also like to acknowledge and offer gratitude to the following individuals and organizations that contributed to the vision of AskNature.

Dayna Baumeister—Biomimicry Guild
Lynelle Preston Cameron—Autodesk
Jeremy Faludi—Faludi Designs
David Fox—Board Member, The Biomimicry Institute
Vinay Gupta
Carl Hastrich—Ontario College of Arts and Design
Bruce Hinds—Ontario College of Arts and Design
Norbert Hoeller
Greg Junell
Alexis Karolides—Rocky Mountain Institute
Amory Lovins—Rocky Mountain Institute
Gunter Pauli
Yasuhiro Sakakibara
John Webb—Google, Inc.

And many others too numerous to list—interns, those who entered data, and others who contributed in so many valuable ways. We thank you all.

Would your company or organization like to become a Sponsor or Supporter?

Companies, foundations, and individuals with a passion for innovation, design, and biodiversity are invited to become sponsors of AskNature. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact Bryony Schwan, Executive Director, at bryony[at]biomimicryinstitute.org. You can also donate directly via the Biomimicry Institute.