• Article with discussion guide: Janine Benyus: Biomimicry An inviting five page article gives an overview of biomimicry that can be read individually or as a class and then discussed. PDF file is available at http://www.bioneers.org/programs/youth_initiative/pdf/benyus.pdf

• Audio or Video tapes:

  1. Janine speaking at the Bioneers Conference: available at www.bioneers.org

  2. Two part series on Biomimicry from David Susuki's "Nature of Things".Can be shown as a whole or broken into sections according to topic.

  Topics covered Unit overlap Part 1:

  • Farming like a prairie
  • Agriculture
  • Soils
  • Botany
  • How does nature get energy: photosynthesis
  • Energy
  • Photosynthesis
  • Companies taking Biomimicry to Heart
  • Industrial processes and waste
  • Making recyclable plastics from waste CO2
  • Economics
  • Chemistry
  • Waste Management
  • Biogeochemical cycles

   

  Topics covered Unit overlap Part 2:

• Invertebrate biology (Mussles and Abalone)
• Proteins/Chemistry
• Science in business
• Technology and medicine
• Sustainability
• Global world views

The Canadian Broadcast system maintains an interactive website with video clips at www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/show_biomimicry.html

Copies of the program can be purchased from Bullfrog Films at www.bullfrogfilms.com

• BOOKS:

  1. Biomimicry: Inovation Inspired by Nature (2002) by Janine Benyus.
  2. Natural Capitalism (2002) by Paul Hawkin, Amory Lovins & Hunter Lovins. (www.natcap.org)
  3. Cradle to Cradel (2004) by William McDonough.