This document introduces biomimicry as a way to restore balance between humanity and nature. For thousands of years humans lived in harmony with natural systems and rhythms, but industrialization shifted us out of balance by prioritizing technology over nature. Now as the planet suffers from our exploitative practices, biomimicry looks to biology for solutions by studying nature's forms, processes, and systems. Guiding principles for biomimicry include replenishing resources, reconnecting with natural systems, giving back more than we take, and decentralizing to mimic nature's diversity and flow of energy.

1. RESTORING
THE BALANCE:
an introduction to biomimicry

2. AS A SpECIES, wE ARE
INTRINSICALLy LINkEd
TO OuR NATuRAL
ENvIRONmENT

3. EARTH pROvIdES
pHySICAL pROvISIONS,
fOOd, ANd SHELTER.

4. SuCCESSfuL SpECIES
HAvE BEEN ABLE TO LIvE
IN CONCERT wITH THESE
NATuRAL SySTEmS

5. fOR THOuSANdS Of
yEARS, wE LIvEd IN
TuNE wITH NATuRE’S
RHyTHmS, CyCLES ANd
ECOLOGICAL SySTEmS.

6. HOwEvER, SOmEwHERE
ALONG THE LINE A SHIfT
OCCuRREd.

7. HOwEvER, SOmEwHERE
ALONG THE LINE A SHIfT
We put our faith in technology,
OCCuRREd. andbalance wasto a point where
the
progressed
lost, shifting
out of our once harmonious
relationship.

8. NOw AS OuR pLANET SuffERS
fROm OuR ExpLOITATIvE pRAC-
TICES, wE ARE IN A RELATION-
SHIp wHERE wE wORk AGAINST
OuR ENvIRONmENT’S NATuRAL
TENdENCIES.

9. AS wE ARE fACEd wITH A CRISIS, wE muST
LOOk TO BIOLOGy TO REmINd OuRSELvES
Of OuR NATuRAL pLACE wITHIN ECOLOGI-
CAL SySTEmS ANd THE SOLuTIONS THAT
ALREAdy ExIST.

10. BIOmImICRy:
To be inspired by, and reminded
of our place within nature.

11. BIOmImICRy:
To be inspired by, and reminded forms
processes
of our place within nature.
systems

12. BIOmImICRy:
i
ii
our current direction
nature as a benchmark
iii challenges we face
iv guiding principles

13. OuR
CuRRENT
dIRECTION:

14. OuR
CuRRENT
dIRECTION:
aka: a short history of the mess we’ve made

15. INduSTRIALIzATION

16. INduSTRIALIzATION
mASS pROduCTION

17. INduSTRIALIzATION
mASS pROduCTION
SuppLy & dEmANd

18. INduSTRIALIzATION
mASS pROduCTION
SuppLy & dEmANd
OBSOLESCENCE

19. INduSTRIALIzATION
mASS pROduCTION
SuppLy & dEmANd
OBSOLESCENCE
ETCETERA

20. INduSTRIALIzATION
mASS pROduCTION
SuppLy & dEmANd
OBSOLESCENCE
ETCETERA
ETCETERA.

21. pROduCTION ANd
CONSumpTION

22. wHAT TOOk NATuRE
THOuSANdS Of yEARS
TO pROduCE wE ARE
ABLE TO dESTROy IN A
fEw mOmENTS.

23. AppROxImATE GROwTH TImE
= 1000 yrs.

24. AppROxImATE CuT TImE
= 3 mins.

25. THESE TECHNOLOGIES HAvE
SHApEd OuR vALuES, ANd HAvE
HELpEd pERpETuATE THE SHIfT
AwAy fROm A NATuRAL BALANCE.

28. CONvENIENCE
pLuS EASE
EQuALS
ARTIfICIAL
THREATS

30. CHALLENGES
wE fACE:
While we struggle to design solutions that
tackle some of our largest problems, nature
has already figured them out with the help of
millions of years of R&D.

31. HOw wE fEEd OuRSELvES
HOw wE CREATE SHELTER
HOw wE pOwER OuRSELvES
HOw wE SHARE INfORmATION
HOw wE pROTECT OuRSELvES
HOw wE BuILd OuR wORLd
HOw wE TRANSpORT OuRSELvES
HOw wE BuILd COmmuNITIES
HOw wE ExpLORE THE ELEmENTS
HOw wE INTEGRATE SySTEmS &
TECHNOLOGIES

32. THE BuILT vs THE BORN

33. THE BuILT vs THE BORN
THE ATTEmpTS Of mAN &
THE ELEGANCE Of NATuRE

34. THE BuILT

35. THE BuILT

36. THE BORN

37. THE BuILT

38. THE BuILT

39. THE BORN

40. THE BuILT

41. THE BuILT

42. THE BORN

43. THE BuILT

44. THE BuILT

45. THE BORN

46. THE BuILT

47. THE BuILT

48. THE BORN

49. THE BuILT

50. THE BuILT

51. THE BORN

52. THE BORN

53. THE BuILT

54. THE BuILT

55. THE BORN

56. THE BuILT

57. THE BuILT

58. THE BORN

59. THE BuILT

60. THE BORN

61. GuIdING
pRINCIpLES:

62. REpLENISH

63. REpLENISH
RECONNECT

64. GIvE mORE THAN TAkE

65. GIvE mORE THAN TAkE
dECENTRALIzEd

66. GIvE mORE THAN TAkE
dECENTRALIzEd
wASTE = fOOd

67. GIvE mORE THAN TAkE
dECENTRALIzEd
wASTE = fOOd
SuppORT dIvERSITy

68. GIvE mORE THAN TAkE
dECENTRALIzEd
wASTE = fOOd
SuppORT dIvERSITy
NATuRAL ENERGy fLOw

69. LE fIN.
thank you for your time

70. pART mAN
pART BAT
ALL BIOmImICRy
vISuAL ESSAy
CHRIS AppLETON