RESTORING THE BALANCE:

an introduction to biomimicry

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

EARTH pROvIdES pHySICAL pROvISIONS, fOOd, ANd SHELTER.

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

fOR THOuSANdS Of yEARS, wE LIvEd IN TuNE wITH NATuRES RHyTHmS, CyCLES ANd ECOLOGICAL SySTEmS.

HOwEvER, SOmEwHERE ALONG THE LINE A SHIfT OCCuRREd.

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

NOw AS OuR pLANET SuffERS fROm OuR ExpLOITATIvE pRACTICES, wE ARE IN A RELATIONSHIp wHERE wE wORk AGAINST OuR ENvIRONmENTS NATuRAL TENdENCIES.

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

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

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

BIOmImICRy:
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our current direction nature as a benchmark challenges we face guiding principles

OuR CuRRENT dIRECTION:

OuR CuRRENT dIRECTION:

aka: a short history of the mess weve made

INduSTRIALIzATION

INduSTRIALIzATION mASS pROduCTION

INduSTRIALIzATION mASS pROduCTION SuppLy & dEmANd

INduSTRIALIzATION mASS pROduCTION SuppLy & dEmANd OBSOLESCENCE

INduSTRIALIzATION mASS pROduCTION SuppLy & dEmANd OBSOLESCENCE ETCETERA

INduSTRIALIzATION mASS pROduCTION SuppLy & dEmANd OBSOLESCENCE ETCETERA ETCETERA.

pROduCTION ANd CONSumpTION

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

AppROxImATE GROwTH TImE = 1000 yrs.

AppROxImATE CuT TImE = 3 mins.

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

CONvENIENCE pLuS EASE EQuALS ARTIfICIAL THREATS

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.

CHALLENGES wE fACE:

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

THE BuILT vs THE BORN

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

THE BuILT

THE BuILT

THE BORN

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THE BORN

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THE BORN

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THE BuILT

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GuIdING pRINCIpLES:

REpLENISH

REpLENISH RECONNECT

GIvE mORE THAN TAkE

GIvE mORE THAN TAkE dECENTRALIzEd

GIvE mORE THAN TAkE dECENTRALIzEd wASTE = fOOd

GIvE mORE THAN TAkE dECENTRALIzEd wASTE = fOOd SuppORT dIvERSITy

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

LE fIN.

thank you for your time

vISuAL ESSAy

pART mAN pART BAT ALL BIOmImICRy

CHRIS AppLETON