“It is time to move from simply mitigating the negatives to optimizing the positives.” – Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn This is the text of a lecture that the author gave at the ninth seminar of the PILGRIM Traveling University of Nature “From the Anthropocene to the Symbiocene or Paths to a Life-Supporting Civilization” in Toulcov dvůr in Prague Hostivař on Friday, August 16, 2024. Introduction: Fuller, Register and Wines Introduction to this…
Tag: Biomimicry
Janine M. Benyusová: BI-O-MIM-IK-RY or Nature's Responses / Why Biomimicry Now?
“We must draw our standards from the natural world. We must honor its boundaries and the mysteries that lie beyond them with prudent humility, and admit that there is something in the order of being that clearly exceeds all our capabilities.”Václav Havel Janine Benyusová is a biologist, writer, and innovation consultant. After writing books on wild animals and their behavior (Beastly behaviors: a zoo…
Biomimicry, Climate Change, and Architecture: An Interview with Michael Pawlyn
“All my work is motivated by frustration with the word ‘sustainable’. The word suggests something that is merely adequate, but we should be looking for truly regenerative solutions. We have moved from controlling nature to learning from its elements, but today we should be looking for complete reconciliation with the natural world.” Michael PAWLYN Michael Pawlyn is a British architect and one of the current…