Think Act Regenerate

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

INTERVIEW | Solar entrepreneur Andy McCarthy discussing the next BIG renewable energy opportunity

Andy McCarthy - founder of Gippsland Solar in 2010 - has told his renewable energy business story (so far) in his recent autobiography HERE COMES THE SUN. I caught up with Andy at the start of October to discuss what he’s learned and where he sees the next big openings in renewable energy opportunity. FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/interview-solar-entrepreneur-andy-mccarthy-on-the-next-big-renewable-energy-opportunity/#text LINKS: Books HERE COMES THE SUN: https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Andy-McCarthy-Here-Comes-the-Sun-9781923046337 CROSSING THE CHASM: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers https://www.harpercollins.com/products/crossing-the-chasm-3rd-edition-geoffrey-a-moore?variant=32130444066850 Other links Recent Think Act Regenerate PODCAST interview on battery as a service: https://thinkactregenerate.com/interview-exploring-battery-as-a-service-opportunities-with-eliot-energy/ FREE Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS email series: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insights

INSIGHT | How to uncover regenerative Service Flip opportunities

Service and value tools for finding business opportunity have been developing for decades - both in mainstream business and sustainability circles. In Circular Economy circles, they talk about The Service Flip - but there's a much wider toolkit on offer. "Regenerative business service and value design is not about finding a better or lower cost solution to the existing problem of an industry. It's about redefining the problem itself." Adapted from Blue Ocean Strategy FULL TEXT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insight-how-to-uncover-regenerative-service-flip-opportunities/#text RESOURCE LINKS FREE Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS - introductory email series: ⁠https://thinkactregenerate.com/insights/⁠ Think Act Regenerate Service Thinking Resources: https://thinkactregenerate.com/product-as-a-service-paas-stories-sources-and-resources/ Circular Design Guide: https://www.circulardesignguide.com/post/service-flip The Service Economy by Walter Stahel: https://www.globe-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/THE_PERFORMANCE_ECONOMY1.pdf EXAMPLES Aspect Legal SME advisory: https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/lawyerline-sme/ Bristol Siddeley "Power by the Hour": https://www.nexsys.co.uk/knowledge-hub/servitization-jargon-buster/ Lighting services by Signify: https://trellis.net/article/how-philips-became-pioneer-circularity-service/ and https://www.circularx.eu/en/cases/40/signify-light-as-a-service MUD Jeans as a service: https://mudjeans.com/pages/sustainability-mud-jeans Rare bird as a service: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/farmers-protect-rare-red-fronted-macaws-bolivia/ Supermarket solar as a service: https://www.smartease.com.au/solar-panels-supermarket-iga/https://www.smartease.com.au/solar-panels-supermarket-iga/ Vogue review of clothing services: https://www.vogue.com/article/clothing-rental-subscription

INTERVIEW | Exploring "battery as a service" opportunities with ELIoT Energy

In this episode, host Leigh Baker of Think Act Regenerate talks with David Hauser about innovative Melbourne battery-as-a-service startup ELIoT Energy - and the multiple benefits their business model offers customers, the hospitality industry, environment and community. FULL TEXT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/interview-exploring-battery-as-a-service-opportunities-with-eliot-energy/#text LINKS ELIoT Energy website: https://eliot-energy.com/ 10 key regenerative perspectives on regenerative business opportunity: https://thinkactregenerate.com/regenerative-design-insights/ FREE Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS email series: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insights/ CREDITS Original music composed for the show by Ian Hopkinson of HopkinsonCreative.com – used with permission.

INSIGHT | The radical efficiency opportunities of CIRCULAR systems

This podcast episode summarises the third of the Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS email series on regenerative innovation -and the rich smorgasbord of business and career opportunities it offers. Circular Economy principles have been a driver of regenerative business growth over the last 1-2 decades - and proving increasingly profitable. A lot of people have heard the term - but think of it as "something about better recycling". However, assuming that the circular economy is just about better recycling is like assuming that all you can do with a smartphone is make voice calls - because it's called a phone. This podcast episode explores the full scope of Circular Economy design, with examples from over two decades of real world business innovation. FULL TEXT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insight-the-radical-efficiency-opportunities-of-circular-systems/#text CREDITS Original music composed for the show by Ian Hopkinson of HopkinsonCreative.com – used with permission. LINKS General resources The Australian Circular Economy Hub: https://acehub.org.au/ The Ellen Macarthur Foundation’s Case Studies and Examples: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/examples The Ellen Macarthur Foundation’s CIRCULAR DESIGN GUIDE: ⁠https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-design-guide/overview⁠ The full Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS email series: ⁠https://thinkactregenerate.com/insights/ Examples Bananas – from food waste to food in Australia: https://thinkactregenerate.com/dried-bananas-food-vodka/ Banoffee Leather: https://banofileather.com/ Bateup Green Chair: https://www.bateupconsulting.com.au/greenchair Canyon Solar in supermarket carparks: https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/solar-carparks-offer-renewable-solution-for-supermarkets-and-cheap-ev-charging/ Caterpillar remanufacturing: https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/sustainability/remanufacturing.html Close the Loop (R) Australia: https://www.closetheloop.com.au/about-us/ Close the Loop® road surfacing:https://www.closetheloop.com.au/tonerplas-in-the-award-winning-m80-ring-road-upgrade/https://roadsonline.com.au/from-plastic-to-pavement-with-close-the-loop/ EU Unsold Clothing Destruction Ban: https://english.aawsat.com/fashion/4711286-eu-approves-ban-destruction-unsold-clothing Framework Computers: https://frame.work/au/en Interface early years BUSINESS LESSONS FROM A RADICAL INDUSTRIALIST: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429997164/businesslessonsfromaradicalindustrialist Interface reuse and upcycling: https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/sustainability/remanufacturing.html Kua Coffee: https://kuacoffee.co/about Rohner upholstery textiles: https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2007/02/article_0002.html