Buzzwords
Biomimicry – examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems.
Recommended Listening
Biomimicry in architecture – From termite mounds to resilient grapefruits: architects and urban planners are looking to the natural world for design inspiration.
Biomimicry – Jay Harman describes designs in nature being copied in the human world.
Elsewhere on the Web
Janine Benyus: Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature – Earthsky
http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html
http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Biomimicry-South-Africa/136214553076880
Biomimicry: looking to the natural world for answers
Biomimicry Guild
Biomimicry Institute
Wikipedia
Biomimicry
Planeta.com