Organisms dont think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block.
Everyone is trying to jump on the biomimic bandwagon. But a cork floor is not biomimicry. Neither is using bacteria to clean water.
Cooperation in the most natural thing in the world
Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.
Life creates conditions conducive to life.
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.