Janine Benyus
Janine Benyus
Janine M. Benyusis an American natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
resilience use world
Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses.
world pitching cooperation
Cooperation in the most natural thing in the world
song nature our-world
For the 99 percent of the time we've been on Earth, we were hunter and gatherers, our lives dependent on knowing the fine, small details of our world. Deep inside, we still have a longing to be reconnected with the nature that shaped our imagination, our language, our song and dance, our sense of the divine.
needs answers world
The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world.
mother home our-world
The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone.
projects
Per capita, I would say that Australia has more biomimetic projects going than many other countries I've been to.
basically offspring species taking
We're basically this very young species, only 200,000 years old. We're one of the newcomers, and we're going through the same process that other species go through, which is, how do I keep myself alive while taking care of the place that's going to keep my offspring alive?
accidents aids car combined people states united year
Hospital-acquired infections are now killing more people every year in the United States than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined - about 100,000.
glued landfill
Glue actually contaminates recyclables. We throw things in a landfill just because they're glued together.
ideas organisms
There are literally as many ideas as there are organisms.
water trying bacteria
Everyone is trying to jump on the biomimic bandwagon. But a cork floor is not biomimicry. Neither is using bacteria to clean water.
years five-years five
Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.
next revolution habitat
Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.
nature humility ravens
Virtually all native cultures that have survived without fouling their nests have acknowledged that nature knows best, and have had the humility to ask the bears and wolves and ravens and redwoods for guidance.