AskNature Learning
It’s time for solutions that get us back in sync with nature
Nature’s strategies, honed over millennia, can teach us how to solve today’s biggest problems.
Our new short courses offer an interactive opportunity to explore how learning from nature can transform your work, project, or practice. Each course fosters the nature curious mind through connection, collaboration, and conversation.
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AskNature Hive is a global community inspired by nature’s genius—where scientists, designers, engineers, Indigenous knowledge holders, and leaders come together to connect, learn, and co-create regenerative solutions through dialogue, collaboration, and live monthly conversations.
AskNature Chat is here.
AskNature Chat is a new tool being designed to harness the power of AI to make knowledge of nature easy to access, understand, and apply to human challenges—and to call upon nature’s genius as a guide for human use of this developing technology.
ABout us
The Biomimicry Institute is an inclusive community taking action to solve the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, the sense of disconnection from nature, and the impact of the “take-make-waste” approach on nature.
our vision
A nature-positive, inclusive, and regenerative world inspired and guided by nature’s genius.
Nature-inspired solutions are…
regenerative sustainable “Nature Positive” inclusive circular energizing healing
Our Work
We partner with problem solvers to transform industries
We welcome all collaborators who have an interest in advancing regenerative, inclusive, and Nature Positive solutions.
INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT
Mycocycle: Construction decomposition inspired by forests
Mycocycle uses fungi to break down toxic petrochemicals and produce sturdy, lightweight mycelium byproducts.
What is biomimicry?
Learning from nature’s genius
There are millions of innovations hidden in plain sight all around us. Biomimicry brings life on earth back to the center of decision making.
Latest POsts
Updates from the Institute
Biomimicry Institute Launches their Inaugural Co-Lab focused on Buildings, Cities & Infrastructure
Biomimicry Institute Launches their Inaugural Co-Lab focused on Buildings, Cities & Infrastructure aimed to catalyze sector-wide shift toward nature-positive solutions.
Biomimicry Institute Invites Startups to Apply For 2026 Cohort of the Ray of Hope Accelerator
A Leading Global Accelerator for Nature-Inspired Innovation Accepts Applications Until April 24, 2026 MISSOULA, MT — March 3, 2025 — The Biomimicry Institute, a not-for-profit organization co-founded by Janine Benyus in 2005 with the mission…
From Hospital Scrubs to Surgical Sutures: Berlin’s Circular Bioeconomy
In Berlin-Brandenburg, a surgical team prepares for an operation. The biodegradable sutures they’re using were once a nurse’s uniform. In a nearby greenhouse, plants are thriving with biofertilizers made from contaminated cleaning cloths that have…
How Would Nature Communicate About the Climate Crisis?
As a writer, I believe deeply in the power of stories to educate, inspire, and change minds. Whether documentaries, books, podcasts, or articles, the media we consume can be hugely influential. Nowhere is this more important…
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