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 # Biomimicry: Using Nature's Perfect Innovation Systems to Design the Future

 

##### Reprinted from Forbes

 

 

 Jul 13, 2020 2:00 PM ET

  Campaign:  [Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator](/news/campaign/biomimicry-and-ray-hope-accelerator)  ![](https://3blcdn.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/2026-08/DragonflyBiomimicry_1786743559.jpg "BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 4, 2020 - A dragonfly on a lotus, Beijing, China, July 4, 2020.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)")

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[Biomimicry: Using Nature's Perfect Innovation Systems to Design the Future](https://www.forbes.com/sites/westernbonime/2020/07/12/biomimicry-using-natures-perfect--innovation-systems-to-design-the-future/#191dbfcb174e)

*“Learning about the natural world is one thing. Learning from the natural world – that’s the switch. That’s the profound switch.” ~ Janine Benyus*  
  
Biomimicry has the potential to save the human race and the planet. That’s an attractive offer at a time when COVID has turned everything we know and thought we could count on, on its head. Crises are a wake-up call, a chance to reconnect with passion and commitment to what matters, to practice resilience, and find ourselves sparked by finding great opportunities in challenges. It’s also a chance to press reset and move forward with different methodologies. We have before us the opportunity to completely redesign how we do business, and biomimicry is that path forward.

[Read the full story on Forbes.com](https://www.forbes.com/sites/westernbonime/2020/07/12/biomimicry-using-natures-perfect--innovation-systems-to-design-the-future/#191dbfcb174e)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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