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by Katie Losey | Originally published on the Biomimicry Institute and Medium The ultimate freak show is an understatement: Armed worms, sex-crazed fish, poison-hungry butterflies, polka-dotted flying good luck charms, and the most despicable creature born with a grin whose blood fights gravity….
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Embarking on Biomimicry foundational courses not only unlocks new skill sets but also fosters a profound sense of wonder and reverence for nature’s 4 billion years of wisdom. It’s a journey of discovery, innovation, and respect for our planet’s unparalleled…
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Tomás Saraceno In Collaboration: Web(s) of Life, which opened at London’s Serpentine South Gallery last June, explores how humans relate to spiders. It features installations of spider webs displayed and lit to be viewed as sculptures. There are also films:…
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This biomimicry foundational course will give you all the skills and tools you need to learn from the genius of nature – anytime, anywhere. The Biomimicry Foundational Course helps you to: What would nature do? This is the first question that…
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Queen Elizabeth II’s record-breaking long reign was exceptional in many ways – not least because England has been ruled by men for most of the last thousand years. Until recently, the crown was passed to the monarch’s eldest son and…
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Natural landscapes are continually transformed to make room for agricultural and urban developments – often at the expense of important habitats and species. That’s why, to avoid unnecessary species extinctions, it’s crucial to know which habitats to protect. In a…
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One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. Although unicorns in different cultures have little to do with one another, they have multiple associations in European thought. For example, the Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder wrote about unicorns…
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“We do not want merely to see beauty… we want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it,…
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There are more chickens than any other species of bird on the planet. With three chickens for every human being, they are a food staple for millions of people around the world. But new research shows chickens were domesticated only…
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While many visitors to South Africa are familiar with ‘The Big 5’ of the African bush, few are aware of the many important undersea ambassadors that inhabit the coastal waters. In celebration of MPA Day on Monday, 1 August, it’s…
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If pollinators designed gardens, what would humans see? What an amazing, amazing Monday morning discovery for anyone that has an outdoor space regardless of size. It is an app that designs a customised garden for you that will attract and…
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World Bee Day was declared by the UN General assembly in 2017 and first acknowledged on 20th May 2018. The date that was chosen was also the birthday of Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping. He was born in 1734…
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When South African writer Antjie Krog was just 17, she wrote a poem for her school magazine which was shocking enough to upset Kroonstad High’s parents. The furore caught the attention of the Sunday newspapers, who descended on the town…
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London, 21 April 2022 – Scientists have discovered a previously unknown “impulsive sound” – dubbed the “gunshot” by researchers – that has never been recorded before. The study documented 600 whale calls over 11 days at the Vema Seamount in…
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Fiona van Haeringen thought that Poetry and Business were incompatible but she was inspired to flip the classic performance review – as championed by the corporate world – and put Nature as the manager evaluating the overall performance of the…
Continue readingAnimal communicator Anna Breytenbach describes the process she uses to communicate with nonhumans. What a magical world awaits us once we abandon our notions of human superiority. The relationships we can develop with the natural world can help us to…
Continue readingPrimitive skills : building a clean water filter system with 5 cores guide to making wild water Hello, have fun and relax. Today I share with you how our ancestors built a water filtration system to have clean water in…
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Kosciech/Shutterstock Rox Middleton, University of Bristol Sitting by the edge of a river on a lazy summer’s day, the sky is a beautiful blue overhead. Lush greenery crowds the bank. The river is alive: minnows, coots and water voles fuss…
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Researchers crack the conundrum about why African Baobab trees in southern Africa differ in terms of fruit production. Sarah Venter Glynis V. Cron, University of the Witwatersrand; Ed Witkowski, University of the Witwatersrand; Kelsey Glennon, University of the Witwatersrand, and…
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Many of us live under the medical myth that the heart is only a pump, an idea borne of an industrialised culture that views the body as a machine. The heart however is so much more beautiful and fascinating than…
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