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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…
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…
How Protecting Land Preserves Nature’s Inspiration
When it comes to protecting biodiversity, biomimicry is both a reason to do it, and a way to do it well.
Letting the Fog In: Art, Climate, and the Biomimicry of Emotion
What inspires someone to act on climate? For many, it’s not a chart or a statistic. It’s a song. A story. A piece of art that strikes something deep and human.
We are Nature Embodied: Reflections from Bioneers 2025
The Biomimicry Institute attended the 36th Bioneers Conference in Berkeley, California, the last week of March. Bioneers is a confluence of ideas and brave voices creating a sustainable future.
Nature’s Blueprint: Lessons from a Mindful Hike in the Columbia River Gorge
The morning of March 5th, 2025 was a very special one. The entire team here at The Biomimicry Institute was at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA for a staff-wide retreat focusing on team bonding, strategic…
