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    <body><![CDATA[This book talked about how we can approach design and invention by modeling things after biological systems.  The idea is that nature does things the smartest and most efficient way possible.  While reading this book, it made me think how not really nature, but God instead has designed our world to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71069804">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What an inspiring treatise on the ways that nature can teach us superior materials designs, farming techniques, and solutions to other issues.  With global economic and environmental woes spelling doom on so many levels, Janine Benyus offers startlingly obvious ways to recover that invite innovation...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60058167">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of the ideas presented in this book fall into a sort of &quot;wouldn't it be nice if we could, but we can't&quot; category.  Of course, that might be because designers and innovators are not trying.  However, this book presents the ideas of biomimicry with great optimistic energy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic book - a must read if you're into sustainability and the environment. Beautifully written. I've posted an ordinary mind map kind of summary here:<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/137325/Shelfari/Books%20-%20Biomimicry.pdf" title="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/137325/Shelfari/Books%20-%20Biomimicry.pdf">http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/137325/Shelfa...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this and was amazed to see she wrote it in 1997...unfortunately 12 years later I'm not sure we have done a very good job following her elegant and very grounded in science and biology plea to truly learn from nature rather than taking from her. I especially enjoyed her chapters on h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74063253">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Terrific book! Fascinating science, excellent story-telling, and enormously relevant to where we are--dealing with economic and environmental challenges that need new answers]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[it definitely has the right idea, although it gets a bit technical to keep a layman interest at points, i was hoping for a broader review of available technologies]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ordered chaos. Scientific beauty. A inspiration for mankind. This is a must read if you are a designer, artist or lover of science.]]></body>
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