Tim Kastellebiomimicry – Tim Kastelle https://timkastelle.org Build Autonomy & Impact With Ideas Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:50:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 36782504 biomimicry https://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/05/biomimicry/ https://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/05/biomimicry/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 18:12:00 +0000 Tim Kastelle https://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=213 One of the more interesting ideas I’ve run across recently is that of biomimicry. The basic concept is that the best way to find sustainable innovative ideas is to mimic natural processes as much as possible. There are a wide range of r&d projects going on in this field at the moment, like trying to make solar power cells that actually photosynthesise.

There’s a nice brief intro to the idea here at worldchanging.com, which includes an interview with Janine Benyus. She’s the writer that has done the most systematic thinking about this idea, and she’s also the president of the Biomimicry Institute.

I’m still not entirely sure what to make of it, but it’s definitely innovation that takes time into account, so in that respect it’s good. Overall, I think it’s a pretty interesting concept, and worth checking out in more depth…

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