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Biomimicry Challenge: For IBM, Smart Design Draws Water Conservation Inspiration From Ecosystems

Smart Design was paired with IBM's SmarterCity initiatives to find a better way to monitor water consumption on a personal, community, and societal level. READ»

Biomimicry Challenge: IDEO Taps Octopi and Flamingos to Reorganize the USGBC

The Boston office of IDEO worked with the United States Green Building Council to find a new organizational structure that matched their sustainable mission.READ»

Biomimicry Challenge: TOA Uses Fungi to Reimagine Sustainable Neighborhoods

The Mexico City-based firm Taller de Operaciones Ambientales worked with Portland-based Brightworks to create a new model for designing ecodistricts, with mushrooms, spores, and saguaro cacti as their guides.READ»

What Would You Ask Nature? Submit to the Biomimicry Institute/Designers Accord Challenge!

Deadline to submit is March 17! We've picked three teams from leading design firms who will be working with biologists. Now all we need is your company's real-world design problem.READ»