News & Updates
Updates from the Institute
The Biomimicry Institute and Upaya Social Ventures Partner to Tackle Textile Waste in India
The Biomimicry Institute’s Nature of Fashion initiative and Upaya Social Venture’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator have announced a partnership to develop a regional pilot for textile waste decomposition in India.
The Built Environment Has a Nature Problem. The Biomimicry Institute, Together With Industry Leaders, Is Issuing a Pledge to Change It and Is Calling for Signatories to Join Them.
Concluding a year-long global convening of cross-sector thought leaders, the Institute and partners released the Nature Positive Buildings, Cities & Infrastructure Pledge. Seattle, WA — September 2, 2026 — The Biomimicry Institute today released the…
What the Nature of Fashion Pilots are Teaching Us About Place
When we designed the Nature of Fashion: Design for Transformation initiative, we made a deliberate choice: to work with pilot partners rooted in three different regions, each pursuing the question of textile waste transformation from…
The Biomimicry Institute Partners with Vision Maker Media on New Film Initiative
Funding Available for Films About Indigenous Health and Environmental Knowledge LINCOLN, NE – August 12, 2026 – – Vision Maker Media (VMM), the premier source of media by and about Native Americans since 1976, announces…
Events
Biomimicry Meetup at New York Climate Week
Join The Biomimicry Institute and Biomimicry 3.8 for a casual evening of conversations during New York Climate Week. This is an informal meetup for people working with or alongside biomimicry to gather, connect, and catch…
Climate Leaders Coffee + Peer Exchange—NYCW Event
During Climate Week NYC, we’re bringing together 100–150 founders, operators, investors, sustainability leaders, community builders, and climate professionals for a highly interactive morning focused on two things: Meeting great people and learning from one another.…
Building as Nature: The Biomimicry Institute Launches the Nature Positive Cities & Infrastructure Alliance
Today’s built environment is responsible for approximately 40% of global energy use, 50% of raw material extraction, and is one of the leading drivers of habitat loss and biodiversity decline. And yet, the sector has…
