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31. Darcy
I had the pleasure of first meeting Dayna at a Natural Step conference, and from there we were off to the races. I invited Dayna to conduct the first of many Biomimicry workshops at Nike, and then we had the honor of having Janine speak at Nike. F...
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32. GreenopolisJoe
I'm Vice President of Content for Greenopolis.com. I've Coauthored two books on sustainability: Learning for Sustainability (Society for Organizational Learning, 2006) and The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Businesses are Working Tog...
33. shwnxmchl
There is also an added advantage that the manufacturer understands only too well in today's economy, and that is price. Every time the product changes hands between the manufacturer and the consumer, the price increases as a result. There are no d...
34. Structures minimize materials, maximize strength: organisms
"Cylinders curve in one direction, circumferentially--their lengthwise curvature is zero. Here we're talking about structures with their surfaces curved in two directions; and, as pointed out earlier (and implicit in Laplace's law), that double cu...
35. Leaves optimize internal state: mangrove
"Parsimonious use of water leads to other problems. Photosynthesis proceeds most rapidly in Rhizophora at a temperature of 25°C, falling off sharply above 35°C. The optimal temperature is typical of the air temperature within a mangrove fo...
36. vavi
I'm a Biomimicry Network Entrepreneur at E4S. E4S is a nonprofit organization in Northeast Ohio with a mission to create a sustainable regional economy. In 2007-2008 E4S hosted seven Cleveland+ Biomimicry Design Collaborative meetings...
37. Skeleton components arranged efficiently: starfish
"Starfish have five arms; sand dollars have five radial food grooves on their undersides--this arrangement of five elements radiating from a center point ('pentaradial symmetry') is widespread among the echinoderms but unknown elsewhere in nature&...
38. NylesLyndley
Forming a company that specializes in Healthy Working Environments. Focusing on offices, where urban workers spend a good proportion of their waking lives IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) - temperature, humidity, CO2, VOCs, O2 levels, airflow...
39. JClark
Your taxonomy is very good, and as such is very inspiring, lucid and inviting across sectors and disciplines. Has anyone begun to build the crosswalk to green chemistry? Here are the 12 principles. Perhaps they should be preceeded with the que...
40. dusty
Quiz 1 USF Green Building Seminar Spring 2009 (1) “This book is not a tree” Define what it is and the meaning behind it not being a tree The feeling of the book is synthetic paper bound into a book format; unlike the paper with which we are...
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