Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earth's most precious gift. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earths most precious gift. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our own version of knowledge, we have been unreceptive to the wisdom of the natural world. To tune in again, to have the "spontaneous environmental rapport" that characterized our ancestors, will take doing something that is perfectly… — Janine Benyus Copy Share
The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
In reality, we haven't escaped the gravity of life at all. We are still beholden to ecological laws, the same as any other life-form. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Organisms don't think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earth's most precious gift. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
After decades of faithful study, ecologists have begun to fathom hidden likenesses among many interwoven systems. ...a canon of nature's laws, strategies, and principles... Nature runs on sunlight. Nature uses only the energy it needs. Nature fits form to function. Nature recycles everything. Nature rewards cooperation. Nature banks on diversity. Nature demands local expertise. Nature curbs excesses from within. Nature… — Janine Benyus Copy Share
The answers to how to live sustainably on our planet are all around us. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Per capita, I would say that Australia has more biomimetic projects going than many other countries I've been to. — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
