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Janine Benyus

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Janine M. Benyus (born 1958) is an American natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author. After writing books on wildlife and animal behavior, she coined the term Biomimicry to describe intentional problem-solving design inspired by nature. Her book Biomimicry (1997) attracted widespread attention from businesspeople in design, architecture, and engineering as well as from scientists. Benyus argues that by following biomimetic approaches, designers can develop products that will perform better, be less expansive, use less energy, and leave companies less open to legal risk.<ref name="Bernstein">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="MacKinnon">Template:Cite journal</ref>

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Born in New Jersey, Benyus graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University with degrees in natural resource management and English literature/writing.<ref name="Busari"/> Benyus has taught interpretive writing and lectured at the University of Montana, and worked towards restoring and protecting wild lands.<ref name="Hill">Template:Cite news</ref> She serves on a number of land use committees in her rural county, and is president of Living Education, a nonprofit dedicated to place-based living and learning.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Benyus lives in Stevensville, Montana.<ref name="Chevalier">Template:Cite news</ref>

BiomimicryEdit

Benyus has written a number of books on animals and their behavior, but is best known for Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (1997). In this book she develops the basic thesis that human beings should consciously emulate nature's genius in their designs. She encourages people to ask "What would Nature do?" and to look at natural forms, processes, and ecosystems in nature<ref name="Casey"/><ref name="Westervelt">Template:Cite news</ref> to see what works and what lasts.<ref name="Bernstein"/>

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Benyus articulates an approach that strongly emphasizes sustainability within biomimicry practice. sometimes referred to as Conditions Conducive to Life (CCL).<ref name="Linder">Template:Cite journal</ref> Benyus has described the development of sustainable solutions in terms of "Life’s Principles", emphasizing that organisms in nature have evolved methods of working that are not destructive of themselves and their environment. “Nature runs on sunlight, uses only the energy it needs, fits form to function, recycles everything, rewards cooperation, banks on diversity, demands local expertise, curbs excess from within and taps the power of limits”.<ref name="Althen">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1998, Benyus and Dayna Baumeister co-founded the Biomimicry Guild<ref name="Bernstein"/><ref name="Hayes"/> as an innovation consultancy. Their goal was to help innovators learn from and emulate natural models in order to design sustainable products, processes, and policies that create conditions conducive to life.<ref name="Donoff">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Bernstein"/>

In 2006, Benyus co-founded The Biomimicry Institute with Dayna Baumeister and Bryony Schwan.<ref name="mission">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Benyus is President of the non-profit organization,<ref name="Bonime">Template:Cite news</ref> whose mission is to naturalize biomimicry in the culture by promoting the transfer of ideas, designs, and strategies from biology to sustainable human systems design.<ref name="MacKinnon"/> In 2008 the Biomimicry Institute launched AskNature.org, "an encyclopedia of nature's solutions to common design problems".<ref name="Wendt">Template:Cite news</ref> The Biomimicry Institute has become a key communicator in the field of biomimetics, connecting 12,576 member practitioners and organizations in 36 regional networks and 21 countries through its Biomimicry Global Network as of 2020.<ref name="MacKinnon"/>

In 2010, Benyus, Dayna Baumeister, Bryony Schwan, and Chris Allen formed Biomimicry 3.8, connecting their for-profit and nonprofit work by creating a benefit corporation. Biomimicry 3.8, which achieved B-corp certification,<ref name="ASU2013">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Merritt">Template:Cite news</ref> offers consultancy, professional training, development for educators,<ref name="ASU2013"/> and "inspirational speaking".<ref name="Bryony">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Scanlon">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Zari">Template:Cite book</ref> Among its more than 250 clients are Nike, Kohler. Seventh Generation and C40 Cities.<ref name="clients">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Hayes">Template:Cite news</ref> By 2013, over 100 universities had joined the Biomimicry Educator’s Network, offering training in biomimetics.<ref name="ASU2013"/> In 2014, the profit and non-profit aspects again became separate entities, with Biomimicry 3.8 engaging in for-profit consultancy and the Biomimicry Institute as a non-profit organization.<ref name="G20">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Benyus has served on various boards, including the Board of Directors for the U.S. Green Building Council and the advisory boards of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and Project Drawdown. Benyus is an affiliate faculty member in The Biomimicry Center at Arizona State University.<ref name="NAEM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Beynus' work has been used as the basis for films<ref name="Wings"/> including the two-part film Biomimicry: Learning from Nature (2002), directed by Paul Lang and David Springbett for CBC's The Nature of Things and presented by David Suzuki.<ref name="Bullfrog">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was one of the experts in the film Dirt! The Movie (2009) which was voiced by Jamie Lee Curtis.<ref name="dirt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  • 2020, Trailblazer Award at Verdical Group's Net Zero Conference<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2011, Heinz Award. with special focus on the environment <ref name="Hoyt">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Heinz">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2003, Lud Browman Award for Science Writing, Friends of the Mansfield Library, University of Montana<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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