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Missoula's Biomimicry Institute is a Sustainability Technology Leader |
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The Biomimicry Institute of Missoula and its parent firm, the Biomimicry Guild of Helena are among world leaders in nature-based development of our built environments and clean technologies according to the article below from Sustainable Industries.com. by Sara Stroud - 7.27.09 from Sustainable Industries.com At first glance, a humpback whale and a wind turbine don’t have a lot in common. For that matter, neither do a shellfish and a sheet of plywood. But both sea creatures are the inspiration behind products designed using biomimicry, or looking to nature’s designs and processes to solve human problems. For those who know where to look, biomimetically inspired products can be found in almost every corner of the marketplace, from medicine to transportation. But where the emerging field has the potential for the greatest impacts, according to advocates and practitioners, is in changing the way we think about our built environment—not only in designing individual building products, but in conceiving of entire communities as biomimetic systems, not to mention businesses, government bodies and other “systems.” Read Article
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