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DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE USING NATURE’S
GENIUS
ADIEL GAVISH
Sustainability Strategist
The Living Business
Environmental Strategies that are Time Tested, Nature Approved
(914) 494-1646
Adiel.Gavish@gmail.com
Outline
The Earth
Resume
Address: Third planet from the sun
E-Mail: Gaia@Earthlink.net
Education: The University of the Universe
Dates: Hadeon Eon to the Present
Work Experience:
3.85 billion years of research and development
Supporting all species with air, water, and land
Helping approx. 5-30 million species work together
What is Biomimicry?
Seeing nature as
Model
Mentor
Measure
What is Biomimicry?
Model
The baseline and the standard of green design.
Imitating nature’s systems design, processes and strategies to live
sustainably.
Tells us what those best practices are.
What is Biomimicry?
Mentor
Nature has been conducting research and design for 3.85
billion years. Learning from nature, valuing her lessons as the
ultimate teacher.
“Nature: the Guru of GreenTM”!
Solutions that are “Time Tested and Nature Approved”.
Survival is a great incentive for innovation.
Nature IS a creative problem solver.
Can provide guidance and give us the blueprints for sustainable
deign.
What is Biomimicry?
Why Nature?
It carries in its DNA a pattern for innovation, improvement
and efficiency.
The fundamental elements of a sustainable system.
Nature’s Life Principles- The Fundamentals
Nature’s Life Principles- The Fundamentals
Who am I? I…
Make oxygen
Store carbon
Fix nitrogen
Distill water
Make complex sugars and food
Accumulate solar energy as fuel
Create micro climates
Self replicate
Nature’s Life Principles
Nature’s Life Principles
#6 Durable-Tough
Diverse- Natural law to lessen risk
Ex: A forest vs. an agricultural crop
Decentralized and distributed
Surplus- if one system fails, there’s a back up.
Biomimicry Examples
Spider Silk
Its remarkable stiffness and strength have long attracted scientists wishing to
replicate it for industrial uses.
"Nature is not using silk to hold up heavy loads for long periods of time.“
~Christopher Viney
Studying uses for silk that would only require it to work its magic once.
Reinforce aircraft luggage holds for bomb proofing
passively reinforce high pressure areas such as boilers in steam plants or submarine
engines.
Biomimicry Examples
Heat, beat and treat Utilize Shape More energy efficient, no toxins
involved
Heat, beat and treat Self Assembly No toxins in "manufacturing"
process
Cheapest source Locally Sourced Less resource intensive, less
pollution from transportation
Disposable Biodegradable Energy is re-used in a positive
way
Stagnant Adaptable Resilient to outside forces
Nature’s Genius and Human Innovation