The film documents how young entrepreneurs are utilizing biomimicry to solve human sustainability challenges. Janine Benyus, co-founder of the Institute and author of the acclaimed book仿生：受自然启发的创新, walks viewers through the emerging discipline and highlights how a new generation of innovators can look to the natural world for design and engineering “blueprints.”

了解研究所如何通过通过自然启发的教育创建开放访问平台询问, the curated online library featuring thousands of nature’s strategies and hundreds of bio-inspired applications to practice biomimicry; the仿生全球设计挑战通过指导实践提供教育；这Biomimicry Launchpad用他们需要使用自然风格的解决方案组成公司的工具来加油初创公司；和Ray of Hope Prize®, where a young company is given a $100,000 investment to commercialize their biomimetic product or service.

“这部电影涉及来自世界各地的团队成员的生活，他们试图解决的问题以及生物学如何使他们走上了截然不同的创新途径。该研究所执行董事贝丝·拉特纳（Beth Rattner）表示：“我们面前的问题的规模 - 从足够的食物到地球上其他870万种物种保护栖息地。”“但是，知道我们可以从中学到的基于自然的功能，这是有很大的慰藉。我们的免费开放访问计划使每个人都有机会有所作为。”

A dozen startup companies are featured in the film, working on bringing their biomimetic innovation to market. From a mosquito-control device called UPOD that is inspired by the bladderwort plant to an eco-friendly approach to sewage treatment that mimics a cow’s digestive system by EcoSTP, these teams are looking to biological strategies to create sustainable solutions for a myriad of challenges humans face.

Nucleário, the 2018-19 winner of the Ray of Hope Prize, also introduces its product that enables large-scale ecological restoration of forests. Inspired by bromeliads (think of the tops of pineapples), Nucleário accumulates rainwater, creates a physical barrier against leaf-cutting ants, and reduces the use of herbicides and pesticides. Additional companies featured include Phalanx Insulation, Watchtower Robotics, Aruga Technologies, NexLoop, among several others.

作为实践，生物象征向设计师展示了如何可持续地适应周围环境，并为数百万年的“研发”提供了灵感。作为一种运动，它给人们带来了希望，因为知道解决方案的存在是缓解的。

要看到动作中的仿生物并进一步了解这种新的生活方式，请在1月23日星期四12p pt / 3p ET加入我们，参加短片的现场观看聚会：生物仿生的希望bioMimicry.org/the-promise-of-仿生/。

This film was sponsored by Wyncote Foundation and supported by the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. To see the first film about biomimicry directed by Tree Media’s Leila Conners, which was made possible by Leonardo DiCaprio and Executive Producer Oliver Stanton, visithttps://www.treemedia.com/biomimicry。

有关自然风格设计的更多信息，请访问bioMimicry.org。并加入运动并解决挑战，请注册2020年生物仿制的全球设计挑战。下一个好主意可能是在外面等待。

About the Biomimicry Institute

仿生学院是一个501（c）（3）成立于2006年的非营利组织，该组织为自然风格的解决方案提供开放访问教育。该研究所为人们提供了一种使用AskNature.org设计健康星球的方式，这是一种免费的在线资源，其中包含自然界中发现的策略以及在设计中使用的方式。它还举办了一项仿生的全球设计挑战和青年设计挑战，以提供基于项目的教育，企业家精神的发射台，以将设计推向市场，以及一个全球仿生网络来连接创新者。为了支持其工作并参与仿生运动，请访问bioMimicry.org并与社交媒体上的团队联系。