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Category Archives: Biomimicry

Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 4, 2019 by stlaneDecember 4, 2019

One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming is inherently sustainable. It can be, but it isn’t necessarily. After all, soil erosion from chemical-free tilled fields undermined the Roman Empire and other ancient societies around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, Climate Change, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Resilience, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Fungus provides powerful medicine in fighting honey bee viruses: Mycelium extract reduces viruses in honey bees

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 2, 2019 by stlaneDecember 2, 2019

A mushroom extract fed to honey bees greatly reduces virus levels, according to a new paper. In field trials, colonies fed mycelium extract showed a 79-fold reduction in deformed wing virus and a 45,000-fold reduction in Lake Sinai virus compared … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Climate Change, Doing Something, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Sustainability, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 23, 2019 by stlaneOctober 23, 2019

Sustainability has always been a game of catch up. The current energy production and construction trends mean that sustainability researchers have to come up with clever ways to lower emissions. Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona have … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Energy Efficiency, New Tech, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

The Plan to Grab the World’s Carbon With Supercharged Plants

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 28, 2019 by stlaneMay 6, 2019

In humanity’s battle against man-made climate change, the Earth itself provides one of the most important weapons, a natural system that breathes in Earth-warming CO2 and exhales oxygen. Yes, I’m talking about plants, engineered by nature itself over the course … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Fertilizers, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Permaculture, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife

Plastic Packaging Alternatives

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 9, 2019 by stlaneApril 9, 2019

Tired of plastic pollution? There are many alternatives. Why should we and brands care about plastic pollution? Plastics is one of the biggest challenges the world is facing right now. Thanks to David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, consumers are suddenly aware … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Greenwashing, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Biological Pest Control, Biomimicry & Mycology

SustainableSA.com Posted on January 17, 2019 by stlaneJanuary 17, 2019

Biological pest control is the way of the future using biomimicry to emulate what nature does. Why genetically modify when we can just learn from nature how it’s already being done, and has been doing it for millions of years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fertilizers, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Permaculture, Resilience, Wildlife | Leave a reply

San Antonio’s Compost Queens taking food out of landfills to replenish the land – ExpressNews.com

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 22, 2018 by stlaneOctober 22, 2018

A small San Antonio family business is trying to combat the dangers of decaying banana peels and the gaseous gore of yesterday’s lunch scraps. Betsy Gruy and daughter Kate Gruy Jaceldo started Compost Queens to keep food waste out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Permaculture, Resilience, Smart Growth | Leave a reply

Mushrooms have the power to eat plastic say scientists

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 26, 2018 by stlaneMarch 26, 2019

Fungi can be used to break down waste plastic and create sustainable building materials, according to scientists from Kew Gardens in London. The State of the World’s Fungi 2018 report – the first of its kind – highlights the aspergillus … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Biomimicry, Building, Circular Economy, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Pharmacy, Food, Farms & Gardens, Fossil Fuels, Permaculture, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water | Leave a reply

Designer Talks About Eco Positive Environmental Impact

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 2, 2017 by stlaneApril 9, 2019

Elegant design and engineering goes beyond being sustainable to being eco positive. New vocabulary, additional data collection and working with scientists is needed to most effectively stimulate and manage a circular economy, making the means by which we live to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Transportaton, Water, Wildlife | 2 Replies

Polyface Farms – The Future of Farming is Holistic

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 26, 2017 by stlaneFebruary 28, 2020

Polyface Farms – How our food is farmed is what matters most, as in biomimicry, study ecosystems and mimic ecosystems, rather than just blaming meat eaters. Animals can be good for the land and have an ecopostive affect. Regenerative farming … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Butterfly wings inspire a better way to absorb light in solar panels – The Verge

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 4, 2017 by stlaneNovember 8, 2017

The wings of a butterfly have inspired a new type of solar cell that can harvest light twice as efficiently as before and could one day improve our solar panels. Solar panels are usually made of thick solar cells, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Biomimicry, Cool Tech, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Solar Energy, Wildlife | Leave a reply

San Antonio’s Potential Use of Cement Manufacturing Biomimicry Tech

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 21, 2017 by stlaneJune 21, 2017

With four major cement manufacturers in the area, is San Antonio ripe for using and developing carbon capture biomimicry tech to ward-off more than $1 billion in EPA non-attainment air quality and health costs? At least until these cement-making bacteria can … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomimicry, Building, Carbon, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Net Zero Buiilding, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability | Leave a reply

The Cult of Perma – Food and Farm Discussion Lab

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 1, 2017 by stlaneMay 1, 2017

Editor’s Note: I stumbled across this piece by Graham some time in 2013, not long after it was published, and it set off more than one lightbulb moment for me. Up to that time I’d considered permaculture an intriguing subculture. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Food Pharmacy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Working with nature rather than against it – Biomimicry Video – SustainableSA.com

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 15, 2016 by stlaneSeptember 26, 2018

Click here to learn more about biomimicry? Biomimicry's 12 surprising lessons from nature's engineers Janine Benyus Source: Biomimicry Video – SustainableSA.com

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Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Building, Doing Something, Economic Development, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, New Tech, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Security, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Janine Benyus: What Can Today’s Designers Learn From Nature?

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 22, 2016 by stlaneMay 22, 2016

Science writer Janine Benyus believes innovators should look to nature when solving a design problem. She says the natural world is full of ideas for making things waterproof, solar-powered and more. Source: Janine Benyus: What Can Today's Designers Learn From … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Biomimicry, Building, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits | Leave a reply

The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers are Starting an Economic Revolution — invironment — Medium

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 1, 2016 by stlaneMay 1, 2016

I’m a fisherman who dropped out of high school in 1986 at the age of 14. Over my lifetime, I’ve spent many nights in jail. I’m an epileptic. I’m asthmatic. I don’t even know how to swim. This is my … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Resilience, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife

What if companies and their buildings actually enhanced ecosystems? | GreenBiz

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 14, 2015 by stlaneApril 14, 2015

What if building codes actually required new projects to enhance a certain number of ecosystem services — such as sequestering carbon, building topsoil, enhancing pollination, increasing biodiversity or purifying water and air? Is it possible that a city could be … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fertilizers, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Permaculture, Residential Building, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

A Mini Farm That Produces Food From Plastic-Eating Mushrooms

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 23, 2014 by stlaneMarch 26, 2019

According to one recent study, there’s at least 5 trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean. That’s more than 250 tons. So what to do with mountains of plastic waste with nowhere to go? Katharina Unger thinks we should eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Circular Economy, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Farms & Gardens, New Tech, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply
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