Biomimicry: Nature's Blueprint for Smarter Solutions
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: For 3.8 billion years, nature has continuously adapted to changing conditions, overcoming challenges without compromising the environment. It is a vast, living repository of knowledge comprising diverse organisms—from animals and plants to microbes—each holding valuable insights for sustaining life on Earth. Swan and Swan (1994) noted that nature has developed ecosystems over millennia from barren landscapes, fostering harmonious interactions that create highly efficient, self-regulating systems. In contrast, humans have relied on intellect and innovation to progress, often at the cost of depleting natural resources and degrading environmental quality—threatening the very foundation of life. Interestingly, many of the challenges humanity faces today have already been solved by nature. Biomimicry, a design approach inspired by natural processes and structures, seeks to harness these time-tested solutions to address global challenges sustainably.
Author: Ninitha Nath C
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893201531
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