Nature as Design Template

In a BusinessWeek Special Report, February 2008, Matt Vella reports on how Janine Benyus, dean of the burgeoning "biomimicry" design movement, helps companies look to the natural world to help take their business green.


train and kingfisher
Pictures: The nose cone of Japan's 500 Series Shinkansen bullet train is modeled after a kingfisher's beak. Getty Images

"Often we find ourselves being asked not just how to green a product but how to begin greening a whole company. More and more, we are helping clients think about running their business like a food web."


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See also Janines video on TED:

Bioteaming is biomimicry of social structures.



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