The Promise of Biomimicry (2020)

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The Biomimicry Institute presents a new 20-minute film produced by Tree Media that introduces biomimicry as a way of living for everyday people and as a pathway for design inspired by nature.

Co-founder Janine Benyus walks us through the emerging discipline that takes wisdom from the natural world to transform it into human design.

Up-and-coming companies share their vision and inspiration, and viewers are poised to ask how nature would solve a problem.

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