Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the  Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially viable solutions from the design lab to the market. The prize is focused on nature-inspired solutions that address one or more of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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As Brazil's New President Threatens the Amazon, Brazilian Entrepreneurs Create a Device for Large-scale Forest Restoration
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation just awarded the top prize in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, the $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize to a Brazilian team working in reforestation in the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil.
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Nature-Inspired Reforestation Innovation Wins Ray of Hope Prize®
The top prize for a biomimetic climate change solution was awarded to a Brazilian team for a system that helps foresters plant more trees in less time.
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Showcasing New Ways to Solve Climate Change, Inspired by Nature
Find out who will win the $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize® as Biomimicry Launchpad entrepreneurs share their nature-inspired climate change solutions at the National Bioneers Conference.
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Carnivorous Plant Inspires Sustainable Mosquito-Control Device
Nature-inspired mosquito-control device from Cornell team is finalist in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge.
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Designing New Climate Change Solutions, With Inspiration That Is Millions of Years Old
Eight finalist teams from around the world have been announced for nature-inspired climate change design solutions in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, sponsored by the Biomimicry Institute.
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Innovators Tackling Humanity's Biggest Problems Seek Solutions by Studying Nature
Alessandro Bianciardi wanted to help get fresh water to communities that needed it the most -- rural farmers in areas that were hardest hit by climate change-induced drought. So when he and his team of engineers and designers at the company Planet set out to create a more affordable, scalable and radically sustainable solar still, they went right to the source of the most effective R&D process they knew of -- nature itself.
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Spider Webs and Succulents Inspire This Water-Collection Startup
Nature-inspired water collection system inspired by spiders wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize®
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Beth Rattner's Biomimicry Podcast Featured on Episode 56 - Regen360
For much of our history, we’ve struggled against nature, even working to tame it as we built civilizations. However, the field of Biomimicry turns the issue around 180 degrees and shows us how to learn from nature as our best teacher. If we study nature and begin to embody its design laws into our creations, we can live in greater harmony and life flourish.
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Your Nature-Inspired Climate Change Solution May Be Worth $100,000
The 2017-2018 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is looking to help commercialize nature-inspired solutions to adapt to, mitigate, or reverse the effects of climate change.
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Ecocentricity Blog: Dreaming Big
So how about you? Do you have an idea for a biomimetic innovation that could help solve our next challenge of climate change? If so, we’d love to see you enter the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge.

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