The Biomimicry Workbook

AN INNOVATOR'S ULTIMATE FIELD GUIDE (PDF)

This is the textbook for biomimicry. A comprehensive e-book filled with examples, case studies, stories, lessons, philosophy, and practical tools that help you bring biomimicry to (your) life.

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This guide is the culmination of 18-years of deep commitment to the practical application of biomimicry. It's designed to answer the question of how biomimicry can apply to your life. To give you the most effective way forward in creating your own biomimetic journey. Written by Jamie Miller and designed by Artist John James, this guide draws on years of study with Janine Benyus, over a half of a decade directing a university biomimicry program, a PhD in engineering that focused on systems-level biomimicry and urban resilience, and the practical knowledge from leading an award-winning consultancy. What you get is nearly two decades of lessons for how to carve a path in biomimicry ... and a lot of time saved.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Everything you need to get started

MODULE 1 | THE BIOMIMICRY MINDSET

This is the foundational work: the biomimicry mindset. Learn about your personal assumptions and the ways in which rooted paradigms will block us from true sustainability and harnessing nature's genius. Draw on the adaptive cycle (an ecological model of evolution) to learn how to shift these systems.
MODULE 2 | HARNESSING NATURE'S GENIUS

Learn through practice, the methods for how to abstract the genius of nature and turn it into real solutions. We don't stop at the ideation - in this module we teach you how to take nature's best ideas to a prototype.
MODULE 3 | BUILDING YOUR BIOMIMICRY FUTURE

After hearing about biomimicry, most people wonder how it can be applied to their life. Well, this is the module for those people. We provide specific exercises, methods, and tools to help you build a biomimetic future.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Deep Wisdom

This work is the culmination of 18 years of biomimicry practice. It leverages time spent being taught by Janine Benyus, time teaching the biomimicry program at OCAD University, a Ph.D. in engineering that focused on systems-level biomimicry, and from an award-winning biomimicry consulting practice.
Transformative Exercises

Our exercises are unique but powerful. They draw from a diverse practice, including graduate-level university programs to kindergarten explorations, corporate and community workshops, interdisciplinary programs, and educational excursions. We've spent years figuring out the most effective ways to help people create their biomimetic future.
Bold Presentation

It's not just the content but also the creation of the Guide that we love. In making this we partnered with Artist, Designer, and Ceremonialist, John James to make something that is visually stunning and that will take both your eyes and your mind on a life-changing journey.