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Learning from Nature: The Biomimicry Podcast with Lily Urmann

We share Earth with millions of other species, many of whom have been around much longer than us. Biomimicry is the promising practice of learning from nature’s forms, processes, and systems to create life-friendly designs that benefit both people and the planet. Lily Urmann – a biomimic, educator, and nature communicator – will explore this exciting field and showcase how biomimicry is applied and practiced around the world; from architecture and engineering to material science, manufacturing, business, design and everything in-between. Join Lily as she dives into the brilliant and beautiful world of how nature works and interviews biomimics across cutting-edge disciplines. Together, let’s discover what we can learn from nature!

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Learning from Nature: The Biomimicry Podcast with Lily Urmann

Biophilia and Creating a Life-Friendly Future with Timothy McGee

June 10, 2022 • Lily Urmann • Season 1 • Episode 5

The average American spends over 80% of their time inside. How do we begin to reconnect with Nature on a deeper level and create a future where Nature is centered in our built environment and technology? Biophilia is the human tendency to interact or be closely associated with forms of life in Nature. In this episode, Tim McGee outlines how he integrates biophilia and biomimicry into his career and discusses what it takes to make a bio-inspired idea a reality. In his years of experience being a leader in this field and working closely with a collection of large clients, Tim is able to shed light on what these practices look like and how we can further push the boundaries of our current systems in order to live in harmony on our home -- that is not ours alone.

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