Paying attention to the wild world is a radical act of connection that is needed now more than ever. Join naturalist, educator, and author Thomas Fleischner as he breaks down how the practice of natural history serves as the essential bedrock for biomimicry. Drawing from insights in his new book, Astonished by Beauty: A Field Guide to the Practice of Paying Attention, Tom explores how cultivating presence, staying open to wonder, and honing keen observation can spark our imagination, and thus more life-friendly design. Listen in for a timely conversation on why falling back in love with our living planet is a vital step toward protecting and healing it.

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How can billions of years of biological evolution help us navigate today's complex cultural and social crises? In this episode, we sit down with Toby Herzlich, the founder of Biomimicry for Social Innovation and a path-builder in transformative leadership. While biomimicry is often celebrated for inspiring sleek architecture and sustainable materials, Toby invites us to look deeper: what can living systems teach us about building life-friendly human organizations, communities, and movements?

In a moment marked by polarization and rapid systemic change, relying on rigid, top-down models simply isn't working. Toby shares how nature’s core operating principles like decentralized networks, community ecology, mutualism, and regenerative feedback loops offer a blueprint for resilient social innovation.

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Curious about how nature can solve our biggest design challenges? Start your education today. Use code LEARNINGFROMNATURE to save:

20% off the Biomimicry Short Course Set
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Expand your mind with free resources from the Learn Biomimicry Blog: Discover the 50 Best Biomimicry Examples, explore Biophilic Design, or learn about Patterns in Nature.

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What if your organization could function as effectively and sustainably as a healthy ecosystem? We explore this question with Ines Garcia, an agile coach, circular economy expert, and author of Nature's Blueprint for Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edges. Listen in and delve into Ines's professional path, the practical application of nature's principles in organizational design, and how shifting from rigid structures to collaborating in "the edges" (the permeable zones where different systems meet) can foster resilience and innovation. Together, let's figure out how to cultivate organizational spaces that embrace the wisdom nature has evolved over 3.8 billion years.

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Curious about how nature can solve our biggest design challenges? Start your education today. Use code LEARNINGFROMNATURE to save:

20% off the Biomimicry Short Course Set
5% off the Biomimicry Practitioner & Biomimicry Educator Programs

Expand your mind with free resources from the Learn Biomimicry Blog: Discover the 50 Best Biomimicry Examples, explore Biophilic Design, or learn about Patterns in Nature.

Grab some Learning from Nature merch including shirts and sweatshirts.

Learning from Nature audio editing by Pine Peak Productions.