The use of bio-mimicry in creating sustainable architectural environments. Michael Pawlyn : Using nature's genius in architecture.

As per usual TED lectures have provided a truly inspiring and innovative answers to very obvious and often everyday problems. In "Michael Pawlyn : Using nature's genius in architecture." Michael looks upon things such as pollution and the bi-products of over population and industry as opportunity. Michael's source of inspiration comes from nature, bio-mimicry some of the solutions are truly fantastic, not just using the bi-products of industry to make industry carbon neutral but rather reverse the process completely.

Also he uses nature similarly as a point of departure for more intuitive and efficient architecture such as the "The Eden Project", depicted here.

The TED website describes this video with the blurb, "How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun." This really is an inspiring lecture giving a little bit of hope in humanity just to dull the cynicism for a while. Defiantly worth your time to have a look at this one. To view TED where this video was sourced click the link,HERE.