Design inspired by nature – Biomimicry talks

Janine Benyus, the world renowned author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature and the Chair of the Biomimicry Institute, will be giving public lectures in Cape Town and Johannesburg on 27 August and 9 September respectively. Cindy Gilbert the Director of Education at Biomimicry Institute will also give a lecture in Stellenbosch on 27 August.

	CAPE TOWN LECTURE	STELLENBOSCH LECTURE	JOHANNESBURG LECTURE
DATE:	27 August 2009, 17:30	27 August 2009, 17:30	9 September 2009, 17:30
VENUE:	Townhouse Hotel, 60 Corporation Street	Con de Villiers Hall (room A201), JC Smuts Building, Merriman Avenue	Hyatt Regency Hotel, 191 Oxford Road, Rosebank
COST:*	R228	Free	R228

* Student fee = R50

To book for any of these events please contact Magda de Kok on 021 469 4765 or magda.dekok@cpsl.cam.ac.uk

Biomimicry is the process of learning from and then emulating Nature’s genius to create more sustainable designs. It’s studying a leaf to invent a better solar cell or an electric eel to make a better battery.

“Biomimicry introduces an era based not on what we can extract from the natural world, but what we can learn from it.” – Janine Benyus

Why emulate nature?
Because organisms and ecosystems face the same challenges that we humans do, but they meet those challenges sustainably. More than 30 million species, represent a deep reservoir of wisdom – blueprints, recipes and strategies for how to live gracefuly in place, in ways that create conditions conducive to life.

Here is a video of a talk Janine gave at the 2005 TED conference