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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.
The AskNature Hive is a global movement and online community of practice dedicated to creating a Nature Positive future.
A diverse, cross-sector membership
Inspired by the biodiversity in nature, we welcome everyone to collaborate. Scientists and industry leaders, engineers and designers, writers, and community leaders.
Ways to connect, learn, and take action
Build relationships, take part in online discussions and nature immersion events, access exclusive biomimicry learning opportunities, and collaborate on building regenerative solutions.
Live monthly conversation series
Hear from and interact with key thinkers and doers in the world of biomimicry and beyond throughout the month with key takeaways, further Q&As, and more.
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
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 learns from nature’s genius and applies it to design.
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Updates from the Institute
Meet the 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort
The Biomimicry Institute, a not-for-profit organization focused on realizing a nature-positive, inclusive and regenerative world inspired and guided by nature’s genius, today announced the 10 startups selected to participate in the transformational Ray of Hope Accelerator. The six-month accelerator is designed…
An interview with Sudoc, as they scale up nature-inspired chemistry
Our Director of Innovation, Jared Yarnall-Schane, sat down with Roger Berry, CEO of Sudoc, and their investors Job Van Schelven of PureTerra and Martijn van Rheenen of Momentum Capital, to learn more about how this new investment will help them scale up their bio-inspired, sustainable chemical company.
Exploring Big Questions at the 2024 Launchpad Retreat
The Biomimicry Institute has completed a weeklong nature immersion as part of our Launchpad Program. We brought together 20 of the most curious and creative minds from around the world in May to share ideas in the wilds of Montana, and reconnect with nature and themselves.
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