Watch the documentary here: http://www.nbc.com/movies-specials-more/video/harmony/1261288/
“We try to bring nature’s inspiration to the sustainable design of everything.”
“No such thing as an energy crisis in nature. There never has been. There never will be. Nature has solved all of these problems. If we copy nature, we can create better machines, we can create better opportunities, we can extract more resources without being destructive.”
“Well who make the best wings in the world? Nature does.”
“These swallows are more maneuverable than any aircraft that we have right now. Aeronautic engineers are jealous of these guys.”
“Janine Benyus came up with the term biomimicry. The idea that solutions can be found by looking at nature and copying the way She works.”
“This is the archetypal shape of movement in our universe; the same principles as a tornado and a hurricane. There is something mysterious and magical that in all of this chaotic world that we live in there is this beautiful pattern that shows up everywhere and it underlies all life. It’s like the thumbprint of God if you like. And it’s beautiful and it’s functional.”
“Life has been around for 3.8 billion years and in that time has learned to harvest solar energy and circumnavigate the world and fly without fossil fuels and live at the top of mountains and the bottom of the sea. Things that we can only dream about doing, life has learned how to do and has learned how to do it sustainably. Once a species is gone, it is not just the materials of it’s body that are gone. It’s the wisdom; it’s the knowledge that it has for us.”
“Nature may appear chaotic, but there are shapes and movements that are common throughout the natural world. If we can escape our conventional view, it can transform the way in which we look at the world and see that we are part of this ordered harmony. What other discoveries can we make if we turn our attention to these universal patterns of nature? What solutions could these understandings offer?” ~Prince Charles
