6 Quotes & Sayings By Janine Benyus

Janine Benyus is a renowned sustainability expert, inventor, and creative entrepreneur. She is the author of "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", winner of the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Award, and "Creating a New Reality", an internationally acclaimed book that explores the emerging field of biomimicry. Benyus has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2007 MacArthur Genius Grant Award. She has served on six different National Institutes of Health review panels, including the Office of Alternative Medicine.

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Deep inside, we still have a longing to be reconnected with the nature that shaped our imagination Janine Benyus
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Biologically inspired materials could revolutionize materials science. People looking at spider silk and abalone shells are looking for new ways to make materials better, cheaper, and with less toxic byproducts. Janine Benyus
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Biomimicry is basically taking a design challenge and then finding an ecosystem that's already solved that challenge, and literally trying to emulate what you learn. Janine Benyus
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For businesses, biomimicry is about bringing a new discipline - biology - to the design table. It's not to write an environmental impact statement, as most biologists in business do right now. Janine Benyus
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The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or mortgaging the future. Janine Benyus