Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 16 minutes ago
There is a quiet, redemptive story of our time in this conversation — a radical way of approaching the gravest of our problems by attending to how original vitality functions. Biomimicry takes the natural world as mentor and teacher — for, as Janine Benyus puts it, "we are surrounded by geniuses." Nature solves problems and performs what appear to us as miracles in every second, all around: running on sunlight, fitting form to function, recycling everything, relentlessly "creating conditions conducive to life.” Janine launched this way of seeing and imagining as a field with her 1997 book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Today she teaches and consults with all kinds of projects and organizations, including major corporations, as you'll hear.
Welcome to this unfolding parallel universe in our midst, which might just shift the way you see almost everything about our possible futures.
This conversation was part of @thegreatnorthernfestival6272, a celebration of Minnesota’s signature cold, creative winters.
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Janine Benyus is the author of several books, including "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature". She is the co-founder of the non-profit Biomimicry Institute and Biomimicry 3.8, a consulting and training company.
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There is a quiet, redemptive story of our time in this conversation — a radical way of approaching the gravest of our problems by attending to how original vitality functions. Biomimicry takes the natural world as mentor and teacher — for, as Janine Benyus puts it, "we are surrounded by geniuses." Nature solves problems and performs what appear to us as miracles in every second, all around: running on sunlight, fitting form to function, recycling everything, relentlessly "creating conditions conducive to life.” Janine launched this way of seeing and imagining as a field with her 1997 book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Today she teaches and consults with all kinds of projects and organizations, including major corporations, as you'll hear.
Welcome to this unfolding parallel universe in our midst, which might just shift the way you see almost everything about our possible futures.
This conversation was part of @thegreatnorthernfestival6272, a celebration of Minnesota’s signature cold, creative winters.
ABOUT
Janine Benyus is the author of several books, including "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature". She is the co-founder of the non-profit Biomimicry Institute and Biomimicry 3.8, a consulting and training company.
STAY IN TOUCH
Facebook: facebook.com/onbeing
TikTok: tiktok.com/@onbeing
Instagram: instagram.com/onbeing
The Pause newsletter: onbeing.org/newsletter
OUR PODCASTS
On Being with Krista Tippett: onbeing.org/series/podcast
Poetry Unbound: onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound
#onbeing #kristatippett #podcast #nature #mentor #naturalworld #life #innovation #problemsolving #possibility #futures
