Biomimicry Quote by Janine Benyus

A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our…

— Janine Benyus

The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world.

— Janine Benyus

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

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

Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earth's most precious gift.

— Janine Benyus

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...…

— Janine Benyus

The answers to how to live sustainably on our planet are all around us.

— Janine Benyus

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

Per capita, I would say that Australia has more biomimetic projects going than many other countries I've been to.

— Janine Benyus

Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.

— Janine Benyus

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

Trees and bones are constantly reforming themselves along lines of stress. This algorithm has been put into a software program that's now being used…

— Janine Benyus