This year, the Biomimicry Institute’s Youth Design Challenge supported thousands of middle and high school students to look to nature to solve local design challenges. From urban flooding and stormwater management to increasing access to clean drinking water in drought-prone areas, the Biomimicry Institute’s 2021–22 Youth Design Challenge (YDC) winners…

by Lex Amore | Originally published on the Biomimicry Institute A decade ago I felt lost, confused, and anxious. I had just learned about climate change and was shocked the state of our planet wasn’t introduced to me sooner. Once my privilege bubble popped and I realized I was actively…

Bring biomimicry education into your community, further your own learning through professional development, and hear from practitioners in the new biographies series. As April blooms each year to the Northern Hemisphere, new action blossoms in the climate movement. The world turns their attention to Earth, celebrating and honoring the planet…

The Ray of Hope Prize celebrates nature-inspired solutions addressing the world’s biggest environmental and sustainability challenges. Applications are now open for the 2022 Ray of Hope Prize®, organized by the Biomimicry Institute in partnership with the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. This $100,000 Prize is awarded annually to the top nature-inspired startup, and applications are due April 8, 2022. Through the Ray of Hope Prize, the Biomimicry…

by Adrian Johansen | Originally published on the Biomimicry Institute Climate change is an all-encompassing danger threatening humanity. Recent years have seen the massive consequences of irresponsible climate damage contribute to natural disasters all across the world. In the U.S. …

by Katie Losey | Originally published by the Biomimicry Institute They hijack our systems. They flood us with fear. They are part of our comeback story. Turns out sharks, snakes, spiders, and even brainless jellyfish are not scrappy survivors, but breeding grounds for innovation. They redefine what’s possible. They push…

by Beth Rattner | Originally published by the Biomimicry Institute Of the many gardening and permaculture classes I took, a few phrases stick with me and one is particularly top of mind: some plants will “sleep, creep, then leap” in terms of growth. It looks like nothing is happening while…

by Sam Fearer | Originally published by the Biomimicry Institute Biomimicry Institute Launches Design for Decomposition Initiative In 2020, the Biomimicry Institute released the The Nature of Fashion report detailing the exploration of a single, simple, and yet disruptively profound question: What would the fashion industry look like if it acted like a natural ecosystem? The findings…

The Biomimicry Institute has been awarded EUR 2.5 million to lead a multi-year initiative called Design for Decomposition. By embracing true decomposition — the way leaves break down into soil to build healthy ecosystems — the initiative will demonstrate scalable new pathways for the ~92 million tonnes of fashion waste…