02636cam a2200481 i 4500 1333302430 TxAuBib 20240617120000.0 200609s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020939213 9781459824645 hardback $21.95 1459824644 hardback $21.95 (OCoLC)1157344765 TxAuBib rda Clendenan, Megan, 1977-, author. Design like nature : biomimicry for a healthy planet / Megan Clendenan, Kim Ryall Woolcock. Biomimicry for a healthy planet. [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2021. ©2021. 47 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Orca footprints Orca footprints Includes bibliographical references (page 43) and index. Inventions gone wild -- Nature as engineer -- Asking advice from nature -- Reducing our footprint. "Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such as climate change. In Design Like Nature young readers discover innovations and inventions inspired by the environment. Nature runs the entire planet with no waste and no pollution. Can humans learn to do this too? It's time to step outside and start designing like nature." -- Amazon.com. "Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle readers, in this book young readers discover innovations and inventions inspired by nature"-- Provided by publisher. Issued also in electronic formats. 20240620. Biomimicry Juvenile literature. Technological innovations Juvenile literature. Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. Woolcock, Kim Ryall, author. Orca footprints. Orca footprints.