Biomimicry: From Cardboard To Caviar

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manages to do it at ambient temperature and pressure with raw materials, dead flies and water, it does suggest we’ve still got a bit to learn”. (TED, 2011).

Using nature as an inspiration and template gives the potential for huge savings in resources and energy. Biomimicry is a critical element in helping us move from the “industrial age to the ecological age” (The VELUX Group, 2013). The sustainable revolution will shift the linear, wasteful way of using resources to a closed loop model. We can achieve this revolution with the sourcebook of solutions nature has already given us.

Cardboard to Caviar and Mobius

This closed loop model can be seen through the project “Cardboard to Caviar” by Graham Wiles. Wiles is an inspiring peer for Pawlyn.

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