Beth Rattner: Biomimicry

In this episode we talk about healing our gut… about our micro biome and Earth's different biomes, about these gut-wrenching times our shadows, our personal truth, coming back to our belonging place, this collective healing transition, fermentation as an alternative to the textile industry and letting go of our dependency on oil, and giving Nature her rightful place at the table in our decision making process. Little did we know Nature was going to show us who's boss now. Beth said something like: "Maybe there are more steps ahead that frighten me"… well here we are. At home, like Mother Nature sent us all to our rooms to think about what we've done and reflect on how we move forward now, acknowledging what is truly essential in our efforts to bring back that vibrant world. What is essential? Breathing… drinking water and eating foods that are alive, nourishing our body and mind with gratitude, awareness, presence, wisdom, patience, going within to listen to a knowledge beyond our human mental constructs. We coexist with millions of other species living and adapting to an ever changing environment, and they do it in harmony with Nature. How about covid 19 for an accelerator for Sapiens? How about this for building global Unity Consciousness? It takes a very different mindset than the mainstream one that has prevailed, to recognize all natural organisms we coexist with as beings, as people, just like us. Beth Rattner is the executive director for the Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to helping current and future innovators reconnect to nature so that we may create more regenerative products and services. Beth directs the Institute's strategic vision and mission to create a new generation of nature-inspired innovators and oversees the organization's five programs: Youth Design Challenge, Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, Biomimicry Launchpad, Ray of Hope Prize®, and AskNature. The Institute is also the connective tissue for the Biomimicry Global Network, a worldwide network of biomimicry innovators. She is a frequent speaker on how biomimetic design in products, cities, and agriculture can bring about a new level of repair and cooperation to our economy and ecosystem which in turn will spur new levels of social equity. Beth Rattner has been working in sustainability since 2000 and is currently the executive director of the Biomimicry Institute. The Institute brings the practice of bioinspired design to hundreds of thousands of people a year through its education and entrepreneurship programs. Beth speaks publicly on how biomimetic design of human products and systems can restore our economy and environment. Prior to this position, Beth worked with William McDonough and Michael Braungart on The Upcycle, the sequel to Cradle to Cradle, before she helped co-found the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and became its executive director. An attorney by training, Beth was also a managing director for one of the first sustainability business consultant firms, Blu Skye, and business manager for Hewlett Packard's Emerging Market Solutions (EMS) group. This HP internal "start-up" championed a new lens on providing technology solutions to those who earn less than $2 a day. The team launched HP's first multi-user, daisy-chained computer for poorly funded schools and a solar-powered printer, providing microfinance opportunities for women who could bring photographs to remote villages for the very first time. Beth lives in Marin County, California.

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Beth Rattner: Biomimicry is an episode from Masters of Regeneration Radio by Tomas Rayes.

This episode is 01:18:59 long.

This episode was published on Apr 3, 2020.

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