Janine Benyus - Biomimicry, an Operating Manual for Earthlings

There is a quiet, redemptive story of our time in this conversation - a radical way of approaching the gravest of our problems by attending to how original vitality functions. Biomimicry takes the natural world as mentor and teacher - for, as Janine Benyus puts it, "we are surrounded by geniuses." Nature solves problems and performs what appear to us as miracles in every second, all around: running on sunlight, fitting form to function, recycling everything, relentlessly "creating conditions conducive to life.” Janine launched this way of seeing and imagining as a field with her 1997 book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Today she teaches and consults with all kinds of projects and organizations, including major corporations, as you'll hear.
Welcome to this unfolding parallel universe in our midst, which might just shift the way you see almost everything about our possible futures.
This conversation was part of ‪@thegreatnorthernfestival6272‬, a celebration of Minnesota’s signature cold, creative winters.
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Janine Benyus is the author of several books, including "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature". She is the co-founder of the non-profit Biomimicry Institute and Biomimicry 3.8, a consulting and training company.
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[@luciaramsonius1275]

Awesome! Such a great conversation and heart and mind spirit inspiring dialog! Thank you very much! Sending to all I know.🌳🙏💕💫🍀

[@Joyful_TKSully2023]

I want everyone in the world to listen to this and listen closely and put these ideas into action. I never thought about how destructive fire is, how destructive the industrial revolution was, how the world could be such a different place if we could learn to work with it, to fit into it. 😲

[@lil----lil]

I miss you on NPR...I have the app but it feels....forced? There's something magical about turning on your radio and just "listen." No subscription required, no advertisement, nothing. Just pure listening happenstance. Maybe that's why I haven't touch the app for over a year (and missed all of your great programs). A touch of irony, indeed.

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Wow.

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