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RESTORING THE BALANCE:an introduction to biomimicry
AS A SpECIES, wE ARE INTRINSICALLy LINkEd TO OuR NATuRAL ENvIRONmENT
EARTH pROvIdES pHySICAL pROvISIONS, fOOd, ANd SHELTER.
SuCCESSfuL SpECIES HAvE BEEN ABLE TO LIvE IN CONCERT wITH THESE NATuRAL SySTEmS
fOR THOuSANdS Of yEARS, wE LIvEd IN TuNE wITH NATuRE’S RHyTHmS, CyCLES ANd ECOLOGICAL SySTEmS.
HOwEvER, SOmEwHERE ALONG THE LINE A SHIfT OCCuRREd.
HOwEvER, SOmEwHERE ALONG THE LINE A SHIfT OCCuRREd.
We put our faith in technology, and progressed to a point where the balance was lost, shifting out of our once harmonious relationship.
NOw AS OuR pLANET SuffERS fROm OuR ExpLOITATIvE pRAC-TICES, wE ARE IN A RELATION-SHIp wHERE wE wORk AGAINST OuR ENvIRONmENT’S NATuRAL TENdENCIES.
AS wE ARE fACEd wITH A CRISIS, wE muST LOOk TO BIOLOGy TO REmINd OuRSELvES Of OuR NATuRAL pLACE wITHIN ECOLOGI-CAL SySTEmS ANd THE SOLuTIONS THAT ALREAdy ExIST.
BIOmImICRy:To be inspired by, and reminded of our place within nature.
BIOmImICRy:formsprocessessystems
To be inspired by, and reminded of our place within nature.
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our current directionnature as a benchmarkchallenges we faceguiding principles
OuR CuRRENTdIRECTION:
OuR CuRRENTdIRECTION:aka: a short history of the mess we’ve made
INduSTRIALIzATION
INduSTRIALIzATIONmASS pROduCTION
INduSTRIALIzATIONmASS pROduCTIONSuppLy & dEmANd
INduSTRIALIzATIONmASS pROduCTIONSuppLy & dEmANdOBSOLESCENCE
INduSTRIALIzATIONmASS pROduCTIONSuppLy & dEmANdOBSOLESCENCEETCETERA
INduSTRIALIzATIONmASS pROduCTIONSuppLy & dEmANdOBSOLESCENCEETCETERAETCETERA.
pROduCTION ANd CONSumpTION
wHAT TOOk NATuRE THOuSANdS Of yEARS TO pROduCE wE ARE ABLE TO dESTROy IN A fEw mOmENTS.
AppROxImATE GROwTH TImE= 1000 yrs.
AppROxImATE CuT TImE= 3 mins.
THESE TECHNOLOGIES HAvE SHApEd OuR vALuES, ANd HAvE HELpEd pERpETuATE THE SHIfT AwAy fROm A NATuRAL BALANCE.
CONvENIENCEpLuS EASEEQuALSARTIfICIALTHREATS
CHALLENGESwE fACE:While we struggle to design solutions that tackle some of our largest problems, nature has already figured them out with the help of millions of years of R&D.
HOw wE fEEd OuRSELvESHOw wE CREATE SHELTERHOw wE pOwER OuRSELvESHOw wE SHARE INfORmATIONHOw wE pROTECT OuRSELvESHOw wE BuILd OuR wORLd HOw wE TRANSpORT OuRSELvESHOw wE BuILd COmmuNITIESHOw wE ExpLORE THE ELEmENTSHOw wE INTEGRATE SySTEmS &TECHNOLOGIES
THE BuILT vs THE BORN
THE BuILT vs THE BORN
THE ATTEmpTS Of mAN & THE ELEGANCE Of NATuRE
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BuILT
THE BORN
THE BuILT
THE BORN
GuIdINGpRINCIpLES:
REpLENISH
REpLENISHRECONNECT
GIvE mORE THAN TAkE
GIvE mORE THAN TAkEdECENTRALIzEd
GIvE mORE THAN TAkEdECENTRALIzEdwASTE = fOOd
GIvE mORE THAN TAkEdECENTRALIzEdwASTE = fOOdSuppORT dIvERSITy
GIvE mORE THAN TAkEdECENTRALIzEdwASTE = fOOdSuppORT dIvERSITyNATuRAL ENERGy fLOw
LE fIN.thank you for your time
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