(From the Greek nios, life, and mimesis, imitation)
1.Nature as a model. Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature’s model and then imitates or takes inspiration from there designs and processes to solve human problem,e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf.
2. Nature as measure. Biomimicry uses an ecological standard to judge the “rightness” of our innovations. after 3.8 billion years of evolution, nature has learned: what works. What is approperate. What lasts.
3. Nature as mentor. Biomimicry is a new way of viewing and valing nature. It introduces an era based not on what we can extract from natural world, but on what we can learn from it.
by Janine M. Benyus
