Biomimicry is … the conscious emulation of life’s genius.

Organisms dont think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block.

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

If the age of the Earth were a calendar year and today were a breath before midnight on New Year's Eve, we showed up a scant fifteen minutes ago, and all of recorded history has blinked by in the last sixty seconds. Luckily for us, our planet-mates--the fantastic meshwork of plants, animals, and microbes--have been patiently perfecting their wares since March, an incredible 3.8 billion years since the first bacteria. ...After 3.8 billion years of research and development, failures are fossils, and what surrounds us is the secret to survival.

Biomimicry is basically taking a design challenge and then finding an ecosystem that's already solved that challenge, and literally trying to emulate what you learn.

Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.

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