INSIGHT | Using BIOMIMICRY to find regenerative business opportunities

Humans have been copying nature for millenia - but we gave it a back seat at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Now it's back - and offering a wealth of regenerative innovation opportunities for products, processes and systems design.

Nature's "superpower" is to create solutions at room temperature, using renewable resources and renewable energy.

In this episode, host Leigh Baker of Think Act Regenerate discusses how Biomimicry-based design can be used to uncover smart regenerative business opportunities.

FULL TEXT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insight-using-biomimicry-to-find-regenerative-business-opportunities/#text

CREDITS

Original music composed for the show by Ian Hopkinson of HopkinsonCreative.com – used with permission.

LINKS

Resources

AskNature solutions library: asknature.org

Bioneers Action Hub: bioneers.org Biomimicry Toolbox:  https://toolbox.biomimicry.org/methods/define/

Economics of Biomimicry: https://infomineo.com/sustainable-development/bioinspired-innovation-harnessing-natures-wisdom/

ThinkActRegenerate INSIGHTS: https://thinkactregenerate.com/INSIGHTS/

Regenerative Thinking in Action: https://thinkactregenerate.com/program/

Examples

Bardee (black soldier fly): https://www.bardee.com/collections/all

Fungi Solutions: https://www.fungisolutions.com.au/

Interface Factory as Forest: https://trellis.net/article/inside-interfaces-bold-new-mission-achieve-climate-take-back/

Kalundborg Symbiosis Industrial Estate: https://www.symbiosis.dk/en/ Mycellium (mushroom) products: https://myceliuminspired.com/products

Samsara (enzymatic plastic recycling): https://www.samsaraeco.com/

SugarCrete: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/researchers-transform-sugarcane-by-product-into-slabs-and-bricks-22-03-2024/

Zeoform: https://zeoform.com/zeoboard