Jamie is the Director of Biomimicry at B+H Architects, an international design firm with offices around the world that offer a wide range of design services from interior design to landscape architecture. His role is to apply metaphors and strategies inspired by nature into their design work, which can be anything from healthcare to residential projects. He believes that by introducing nature's principles at the beginning of the design process, it can lead to more creative, efficient and sustainable solutions. Biomimicry involves looking at problems in a different light and exploring nature's way of solving them, as nature has been refining design for billions of years. Chapters 0:00:00 - Biomimicry 0:02:11 - Leveraging Systems Biomimicry for Sustainable Master Planning 0:05:58 - Exploring Collaborative Design for a Sustainable Future 0:07:28 - Regenerative Practices to Benefit Nature and Humans 0:08:59 - The Need to Mature into a Respectful Relationship with Nature 0:11:05 - Fear of the Unknown 0:12:55 - Discovery and Application 0:15:24 - Innovative Technologies and Design 0:16:50 - Practical, Inexpensive Applications 0:19:14 - Material Ecology and Biomimicry 0:21:52 - The Potential of Biomimicry 0:22:42 - Biomimicry Commons 0:25:39 - Regenerative Agriculture 0:27:46 - Learning from Nature to Create a More Sustainable Future Check out B + H Architecture’s website: https://bharchitects.com/en/ Check out Biomimicry Commons’ website: https://www.biomimicrycommons.com/ Find Jamie Miller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiemillerbiomimicry/ Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9A1MXA3ipo or Audio: https://podcast.greenbusinessimpact.com/e/rewilding-canada-by-planting-forests-from-field-to-forest-project-forest-interview/?token=5b45111c225a95f6697d5963b451bf72 Subscribe to receive GreenBusinessImpact episodes straight to your inbox here: https://greenbusinessimpact.aweb.page/subcribe-to-gbipodcast Looking to start your own podcast, but don’t know which platform to use to distribute your message to the world? Check out Podbean → It is the podcasting platform that I have used to host every episode of GreenBusinessImpact, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start their own podcast, or for experienced podcasters needing an upgrade from their current platform: https://www.podbean.com/GBIpodbean https://www.podbean.com/pro/GBIpodbean GreenBusinessImpact is a proud partner of OneTreePlanted to help spread the word on OneTreePlanted and to help plant more trees visit onetreeplanted.org Transparency is important to me. As you might imagine, sometimes these descriptions contain links that are affiliate links, and if you sign up, I make a commission as a Partner. I only recommend products that I know, love, and use personally; and think you will benefit from.