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
AskNature Hive Live Conversation Series—The Nature of Fashion: Transforming Textile Waste into Biocompatible Materials
Today’s fashion and textile industry epitomizes the take-make-waste approach to our natural resources that is at the core of our climate and ecological crises, generating 92 million tons of waste annually. For this second AskNature…
Global Tipping Points Conference 2026
The world is approaching decisions that will shape lives, economies and ecosystems for generations. Climate change is no longer a distant risk; its impacts are already visible in food systems, health, cities and financial stability.…
Catalyzing Impact with Nature’s Genius – Keystone Presentation for the Biomimicry Confluence
What to expect: Explore how biomimicry can move from inspiration to impact in the areas where it is urgently needed: climate, biodiversity, and materials. Drawing from Erin’s background in nature-based observation, biomimicry education, regenerative design,…
