Circular Economy Show 4 - Biomimicry, new questions for old answers

talking local government by Joe Tibbetts

Jun 18, 201930:18Government & Organizations

Dr David Greenfield asks materials designer Lucy Hughes and Richard MacCowan CEO Biomimicry UK all about design solutions that mimic the natural world. Nature's solutions often are more elegant and less wasteful of energ...

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