Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature
In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.
A self-proclaimed nature nerd, Janine Benyus is the author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, a book that has galvanized scientists, architects, designers and engineers into exploring new ways in which nature’s successes can inspire humanity.
Source: TED
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Thank you, Janine, for the wonderful insights your presentation has yielded.
I sincerely believe that going forward, mankind will be able to unearth more and more secrets from nature (ecology, biology, geology, chemistry,physics, etc,etc).
In fact I believe our future world will be more magical than the present one (if we continue to survive into the future)and nothing is impossible as far as creating technologies are concerned.
However, knowing all the secrets of the universe and life (if ever we could attain that), is a double-edge sword: we could use them to help and sustain each other and our life system on earth OR we could use them to manipulate our life system to favour one group (our group) over and above other groups. The disparity of fortune and advantage will fuel tension and friction and drive a wedge among tribes of human being.
IT IS FAR BETTER TO RESPECT NATURE, NOT TRY TO CORRECT OR DOMINATE OR MANAGE IT , BUT INSTEAD LEARN FROM IT HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY LIKE THE NATURAL WORLD.
As long as we look at nature and universe from the perspective of SELF (ME)our circle of knowledge, however advanced , will always be incomplete (just like Kurd Godel said of mathematical theorems), because the last obstacle is the SELF OF OUR SELF CONSCIOUSNESS.
By now, with your enormous wisdom and understanding of nature, you would have noticed that there is no CENTRAL CONTROLLER in the whole of the nature world and yet everything fits perfectly, until human beings interfere and tinkle with its systems.
Learn from nature how to live correctly (all things fit together). The last stumbling block of mankind is THE SELF of selfconsciousness. THE LESSON IS THERE ALL THE TIMEs. WE JUST NEED NEW LENS.
If we cannot solve the money problem which is PURELY TECHNICAL, how can we solve the world’s human problems which are EMOTIONAL and therefore MORE ABSTRACT AND DIFFICULT TO HANDLE? We have mastered the secrets of Atom – but so what ?- we get nuclear weapons to destroy ourselves together with it.
Yes, all those new exciting discoveries are there waiting for our intellignece to mine and capitalise on———-but do not miss HOW NATURE SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF SELF as reflected in the nature world that surrounds us.
Until that happens, IT IS MORE OF THE SAME, JUST MORE EXCITEMENTS AND NEW EXPERIENCES. SELF ALWAYS WANTS TO CONTROL OTHER SELVES.
Best Regards
Silasyeo, an ordinary, biological transient design, exist for purpose of communicating with fellow human beings.
Yes, we need to respect and learn from nature. Biomimicry looks to Nature as Mentor.