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Biomimicry Institute Unveils AskNature Chat Feature and Advances 10-Year Vision at Climate Week
NYC 2025MISSOULA, MT — September 2025 The Biomimicry Institute is advancing its bold 10-year strategy to accelerate a Nature Positive, inclusive, and regenerative future by announcing a major new digital initiative at Climate Week NYC…
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.
Doing the Hard Things That Matter: Reflections on our 2025 Nature Retreat
We just had our Nature Retreat with the 2025 cohort: 10 nature-inspired startups, 18 participants, and I’m thinking about Paul Graham’s famous advice: do things that don’t scale. At its core, the message is that…
Reflections from BioInnovation Midwest in Omaha with Director of Innovation, Sarah McInerney
This week I had the joy of moderated a panel at BioInnovation Midwest on “Incubating the Future of U.S. Biomanufacturing: Key Building Blocks for Scaling Innovation from Startup through to Commercial Success.” with Dr. Chern-Hooi Lim, CEO of New Iridium, Brian Jacobson, Program Manager…
Post-Traumatic Ecology: Learning Emotional Resilience from the Living World
Biomimicry is often understood as the practice of emulating nature’s forms and systems to solve human challenges. What happens when we extend this principle to include our emotional and relational wellbeing. What if ecosystems could…
Upcoming events
Designing with Nature & Building for Life: Insights from Michael Pawlyn
The Biomimicry Institute invites you to a conversation with renowned architect and biomimicry leader Michael Pawlyn, whose work asks one of the most important questions of our time: How can we build a world that…
