12 sustainable design ideas from nature | Janine Benyus

http://www.ted.com In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

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["TED", "TEDtalks", "talks", "janine benyus", "janine", "benyus", "sustainable", "design", "biomimicry", "innovation", "sustainability", "biology", "science", "green chemistry", "chemistry", "biological sciences", "water", "Inspired by Nature", "what is innovation", "fresh water", "freshwater", "biomimetics", "nature", "adapt", "adaptation", "plant", "planet", "earth", "organism", "organisms", "self-assembly", "self assembly", "CO2", "carbon dioxide", "carbon", "thin film interference", "thin film", "mimic", "foreplay", "protein", "proteins", "western grebes"]

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