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When comparing the human patent database with nature’s solutions,

there is found only a 12% overlap in common solutions.

Biomimetics:itspracticeandtheory,JulianF.V.Vincent*,OlgaA.Bogatyreva,Nikolaj R.Bogatyrev,AdrianBowyerandAnja-KarinaPahl


Biological Intelligence Shaping the New Frontier


“The discipline is no longer just an academic exercise. [Biomimicry] has become an innovation tool that allows companies to develop a new class of products and services.”

– Rebecca Bagley, in Forbes


“I believe that biomimicry is one of a small handful of very important ideas that will change the way business is done.”

- Andrew Winston, in HBR


“I think the biggest innovations of the 21st

century will be at the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is

beginning.”

- Steve Jobs

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CARBON SEQUESTERS

POLLINATORS

DECOMPOSERS

FILTERS EROSION CONTROL

TEMPERATURE REGULATION


Pilot ProjectFACTORY AS FOREST

CARBON SEQUESTERS

POLLINATORS

DECOMPOSERS

FILTERS EROSION CONTROL

TEMPERATURE REGULATION


• moderate weather extremes and their impacts

• purify the air and water

• pollinate crops and natural vegetation

• generate and preserve soils and renew their fertility

• cycle and move nutrients

• detoxify and decompose wastes

• maintain biodiversity

• mitigate drought and floods

• disperse seeds

• protect people from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays

• protect stream and river channels and coastal shores from erosion

• control pests numbers

• contribute to climate stability

• regulate disease carrying organisms

BE GENEROUS


Carbon Sequestered

Water Stored and Purified

Sediment Retained

Pollution Detoxified

Pollinators Supported

Biodiversity Enhanced

Soil Fertility Enhanced

Nutrients Cycled

ECOSYSTEM SERVICESproduced


Realm: NearticBiome: Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forest

Ecoregion: Southern Outer Piedmont


CARBON MANAGEMENT

ATMOSPHERIC QUALITY

WATER CYCLING

SOIL FORMATION &

RETENTION

HABITAT & BIODIVERSITY

KEY ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

OPTIMIZE RATHER THAN

MAXIMIZE


WATER CYCLING

CARBON SEQUEST-RATION

ATMOSPH-ERIC QUALITY

SOIL FORMATION & RETENTION

HABITAT & BIODIVERSITY

PROVISION

e.g. Assimilation and detoxification rate of soil and subsoil percolation

e.g. Tons of carbon sequestered/acre/year

e.g. Seasonal humidity levels

e.g. Concentration levels of micronutrients

e.g. Pollinator abundance index

PERFORMANCE GAP

DESIGNING FOR THEPERFORMANCE GAP

BIOPHILIC DESIGN

COMPOSITION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES

NEW INNOVATIONS

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

OPTIMIZE RATHER THAN

MAXIMIZE

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