This 22-minute film provides a firsthand perspective of how the Biomimicry Institute is pioneering an open-access platform for nature-inspired design and teaching biomimicry through design challenges.

Objectives

  • Viewers will be inspired by entrepreneurs using biomimicry to solve global challenges.
  • Viewers will understand the value of learning biomimicry by practicing it.

In this beautiful video, Institute co-founder Janine Benyus walks viewers through the emerging discipline of biomimicry and describes the vision and purpose behind Ask Nature — what she calls an innovation match-making service between biology and design. We also meet several up-and-coming biomimicry entrepreneurs from the Biomimicry Institute’s Launchpad program, who share their innovations and inspiration.

Anyone interested in participating in a biomimicry design challenge, either at the youth, university, or professional level, will feel inspired by hearing the stories of these young entrepreneurs excited about using biomimicry to solve global challenges.

Produced by Tree Media.

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