Humans have been copying nature for millenia - but we gave it a back seat at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Now it's back - and offering a wealth of regenerative innovation opportunities for products, processes and systems design.

Nature's "superpower" is to create solutions at room temperature, using renewable resources and renewable energy.

In this episode, host Leigh Baker of Think Act Regenerate discusses how Biomimicry-based design can be used to uncover smart regenerative business opportunities.

FULL TEXT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insight-using-biomimicry-to-find-regenerative-business-opportunities/#text

CREDITS

Original music composed for the show by Ian Hopkinson of HopkinsonCreative.com – used with permission.

LINKS

Resources

AskNature solutions library: asknature.org

Bioneers Action Hub: bioneers.org Biomimicry Toolbox: https://toolbox.biomimicry.org/methods/define/

Economics of Biomimicry: https://infomineo.com/sustainable-development/bioinspired-innovation-harnessing-natures-wisdom/

ThinkActRegenerate INSIGHTS: https://thinkactregenerate.com/INSIGHTS/

Regenerative Thinking in Action: https://thinkactregenerate.com/program/

Examples

Bardee (black soldier fly): https://www.bardee.com/collections/all

Fungi Solutions: https://www.fungisolutions.com.au/

Interface Factory as Forest: https://trellis.net/article/inside-interfaces-bold-new-mission-achieve-climate-take-back/

Kalundborg Symbiosis Industrial Estate: https://www.symbiosis.dk/en/ Mycellium (mushroom) products: https://myceliuminspired.com/products

Samsara (enzymatic plastic recycling): https://www.samsaraeco.com/

SugarCrete: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/researchers-transform-sugarcane-by-product-into-slabs-and-bricks-22-03-2024/

Zeoform: https://zeoform.com/zeoboard

Andy McCarthy - founder of Gippsland Solar in 2010 - has told his renewable energy business story (so far) in his recent autobiography HERE COMES THE SUN.

I caught up with Andy at the start of October to discuss what he’s learned and where he sees the next big openings in renewable energy opportunity.

FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/interview-solar-entrepreneur-andy-mccarthy-on-the-next-big-renewable-energy-opportunity/#text

LINKS:

Books

HERE COMES THE SUN: https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Andy-McCarthy-Here-Comes-the-Sun-9781923046337

CROSSING THE CHASM: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers https://www.harpercollins.com/products/crossing-the-chasm-3rd-edition-geoffrey-a-moore?variant=32130444066850

Other links

Recent Think Act Regenerate PODCAST interview on battery as a service: https://thinkactregenerate.com/interview-exploring-battery-as-a-service-opportunities-with-eliot-energy/

FREE Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS email series: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insights

Service and value tools for finding business opportunity have been developing for decades - both in mainstream business and sustainability circles.

In Circular Economy circles, they talk about The Service Flip - but there's a much wider toolkit on offer.

"Regenerative business service and value design is not about finding a better or lower cost solution to the existing problem of an industry. It's about redefining the problem itself." Adapted from Blue Ocean Strategy

FULL TEXT: https://thinkactregenerate.com/insight-how-to-uncover-regenerative-service-flip-opportunities/#text

RESOURCE LINKS

FREE Think Act Regenerate INSIGHTS - introductory email series: ⁠https://thinkactregenerate.com/insights/⁠

Think Act Regenerate Service Thinking Resources: https://thinkactregenerate.com/product-as-a-service-paas-stories-sources-and-resources/

Circular Design Guide: https://www.circulardesignguide.com/post/service-flip

The Service Economy by Walter Stahel: https://www.globe-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/THE_PERFORMANCE_ECONOMY1.pdf

EXAMPLES

Aspect Legal SME advisory: https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/lawyerline-sme/

Bristol Siddeley "Power by the Hour": https://www.nexsys.co.uk/knowledge-hub/servitization-jargon-buster/

Lighting services by Signify: https://trellis.net/article/how-philips-became-pioneer-circularity-service/ and https://www.circularx.eu/en/cases/40/signify-light-as-a-service

MUD Jeans as a service: https://mudjeans.com/pages/sustainability-mud-jeans

Rare bird as a service: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/farmers-protect-rare-red-fronted-macaws-bolivia/

Supermarket solar as a service: https://www.smartease.com.au/solar-panels-supermarket-iga/https://www.smartease.com.au/solar-panels-supermarket-iga/

Vogue review of clothing services: https://www.vogue.com/article/clothing-rental-subscription