Lately, we’ve been turning toward nature more and more while creating our buildings, not just for the materials, but in the way they’re constructed! In this episode, join host, Danni Washington, as she tours the "living building" known as the Bullit Center. This six-story structure mimics a tree; creating its own energy, collecting its own water, and even recycling its own waste. And come along for the ride as we check out other nature-based innovations that are changing our buildings, like a paint that protects them by mimicking the water-resistant properties of the lotus leaf and a waste-movement system based on the intestines of amazing creatures such as the giant blue whale!
Up Next in Season 1
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S1 Ep 3 - Safer Thanks to Nature
Every species found in nature is a survivor, there’s a reason they’ve been on the planet for as long as they have. So host Danni Washington is trying to figure out what humankind can learn from them that we can use to protect ourselves. She’ll explore how fish are helping us to build better armor...
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S1 Ep 4 - Under Sea Inspiration
The ocean covers more than 70 percent of our planet’s surface and humankind has only explored about 5% of it. But the diverse wildlife from the areas we have investigated serves as a major source of inspiration for modern technology! Host Danni Washington uses this episode as an opportunity to co...
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S1 Ep 5 - The Power of Nature
Everything uses energy but humans are the only species destroying our planet to create it. Host Danni Washington will discover that not only do all other organisms have better means of gathering energy, but by studying their eyes, their fins, and the ways they move we can find ways to improve sol...
