ABSTRACT
Global converging challenges including climate change and biodiversity loss create a need for immediate action to create a radically more sustainable built environment. This chapter, based on a series of conversations with Dr Dayna Baumeister of Biomimicry 3.8, explores emerging design approaches that can support regenerative design inspired by nature. Drawing on examples of applied projects, it highlights three fundamental lessons that have emerged from Biomimicry 3.8’s work on built environment projects. These learnings highlight the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, the role of time, expertise and fieldwork in informing ecological knowledge, and the intricacies of goal setting and performance measurement.
