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 How
to Green the Global Economy: Nature’s
100 Best Initiative published in May 2008 preliminary findings on
2,100 of the most extraordinary commercially promising technologies
and strategies inspired by nature, including:
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A super-small pacemaker based on the humpback
whale's heart
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Pigment-free color coatings based on
light-splitting of a peacock's feather
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Vaccines that survive without refrigeration
- Friction-free
surfaces for electrical devices
- New
antibacterial substances without increasing bacterial resistance
- Toxic-free
fire retardants
- Water
harvesting system to recycle steam from cooling towers and water from
buildings
- Biodegradable,
water-tight packaging
The initiative is the brainchild of the Biomimicry
Guild and ZERI in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and
IUCN-the World Conservation Union. Learn
more...
THE JAPAN LINK (Nature's 100 Best)
Biomimicry, the bestselling book by Janine Benyus was translated into Japanese by Miyako Yoshino, representative director of ZERI Education Japan, and was published by Ohmsha thanks to the support from Yusuke Saraya, President of ZERI Japan. The funding for Nature’s 100 Best has been part provided by Yasuhiro Sakakibara, member of the ZERI Board.
Learn more...
 Reforestation: Learn how a community in Colombia is
blazing a new trail in the way we view sustainable development. Las Gaviotas is expanding
their 8,000 hectare reforestation project to encompass 6.3 million hectares, creating jobs,
revenue and improved environmental conditions. Learn more...
 ZERI has partnered
with Politecnico di Torino in Italy to offer a Masters of Systems Design. The 1-year course
embraces a new business model of open industrial systems and is geared towards
implementation. To find out more visit: www.systemsdesign.polito.it.
MOVE IT! - The ZERI Learning initiative brings science and
emotions together in one program. See how children in the USA learn basic
sciences while developing their emotional skills thanks to the dancing
program of Amelia Terrapin based on Gunter's Fables.
Inspired by Gunter's Fables, children enjoy the energy, expression and
creativity guided by the choreography of Amelia Terrapin. Children learn
in a systemic way, building insights in science, while strengthening their
emotional intelligence.
Without going through the verbal explanation, nor the details of the
science, the children become acquainted with the depth of science and
emotions through dance.
To find out more visit: http://www.mobiusmoves.com/mobiuspast.html. THE
POWER OF SYSTEM DESIGN - A doctoral lecture presented by Gunter Pauli
on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piH8lIZDwLQ WISDOM
FOR THE FUTURE - Gunter Pauli lecture to
University of Torino, Italy: http://www.systemsdesign.polito.it/lessons.htm | 
