Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture

http://www.ted.com How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. 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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["TEDTalks", "TED", "talks", "TEDSalon", "Michael Pawlyn", "Pawlyn", "nature", "genius", "architecture", "biomimicry", "ecology", "renewable", "resources", "biology", "life", "fossil", "fuel", "renewable resource", "sustainability", "sustainable", "efficiency", "energy", "power", "global warming", "climate change", "electricity", "solar", "solar power", "gas", "ingenuity", "ecosystem", "environment", "greenhouse", "closed loop", "London", "idea"]

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Duration minutes: 16

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