What do velcro and the Namib desert beetle have in common? They’re both champions in the field of biomimicry. And what does biomimicry have to do with zero waste? Everything!

On the Love Zero Waste podcast, we’re often talking about designing out waste - but with biomimicry, we’re taking things even further. In nature, waste doesn’t exist, only closed loops, and that’s what designers, engineers and others are trying to mimic and put to good use.

Guest in this episode, Biomimicry - solutions sparked by nature, is Rebecca Carlson, project manager at The Biomimicry Institute. Listen to Rebecca’s crash course on innovation and design inspired by nature, taxonomy, and how we could rethink CO2. Perhaps the latter it’s no longer our enemy - but a valuable resource!?

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Sources 

The Biomimicry Institute
The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge (The Biomimicry Institute)
The Biomimicry Toolbox (The Biomimicry Institute)
The Taxonomy (The Biomimicry Institute)
AskNature (The Biomimicry Institute)
30 Days of Reconnection (The Biomimicry Institute)
The Namib Desert Bettle (Stenocara gracilipes) (Wikipedia)
The Zero Waste Challenge (teaser) on Deedster
Plastic Free July

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Credits 

Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist 
Jingle: Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound
Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe.