BIOMIMICRY

Biomimicry is the science and art of emulating Nature's best biological ideas to solve human problems. Biomimetically-inspired products can be found in almost every corner of the marketplace, from medicine to transportation. But where the emerging field has the potential for the greatest impacts is in changing the way we think about our built environment—not only in designing individual building products, but in conceiving of entire communities as biomimetic systems, not to mention businesses, government bodies and other "systems."