There are many design problems we think of, but there is a big chance that nature solved it already million years ago...

1. Nature’s Operating Systems
Oracle
Thursday 3rd of Marsch 2011
Stefaan Vandist

2. Hello there! My
name is Stefaan
[ TOM DUHOUX [ STEFAAN VANDIST [ BART JANSEN
eco-business developer Brand- and communication Eco-designer and cradle-
and cradle-to-cradle expert ] Strategist ] to-cradle expert ]

12. We need a new relation to
the natural world…

17. Most of our processes are
based on efficiency and
‘Brutal Force’…

18. BRUTAL FORCE

19. BRUTAL FORCE

20. BRUTAL FORCE

21. BRUTAL FORCE

23. What we need is elegance
and effectiveness…

25. NAÏVE ROMANCE
OR
MAGICAL REALISM?

26. REAL

27. REAL

28. REAL

29. REAL
IF WE BUILD HOUSES LIKE TREES,
CITIES BECOME FORESTS
William Mc Donough, co-author of Cradle-to-cradle

30. LEARN
Termites teach us how to cool Grasshoppers swarms teach us how to
buildings by natural design prevent car accidents
Ghekko’s teach us how to stick Bees teach us how to build modular
without glue and expandible ultra light structures

31. LEARN

32. Hannover Principles REMEMBER
Nature runs on sunlight
Nature only uses the energy it needs
Nature fits form to function
Nature recycles everything
Nature rewards cooperation
Nature banks on diversity
Nature demands local expertise
Nature curbs excesses from within
Nature taps the power of limits
William Mc Donough, co-author of Cradle-to-cradle

33. Can we Google nature?

35. How can ICT collaborate with
nature as free R&D lab?

36. What can nature mean to us?
And what can we mean to
nature (and all of us)?

37. GREEN IT
REDUCE energy and waste > REUSE switch to renewable energy >
RESTORE compensate > RECYCLE end-opf-pipe products

38. GREEN IT

39. FIX E-WASTE WITH CRADLE-2-CRADLE

40. (RE)PROGRAMMING LIFE
Stephen Emmot

41. FROM
PROGRAMMING SILICON
TO
PROGRAMMING LIFE

42. BIONIC SUPERTREES TO
MEET ENERGY DEMAND

43. WEIRD YOUNG GEEKS OR PIONEERS?
STORING 60 GB OF DATA IN ONE
GRAM OF ORGANIC CELLS

44. WEIRD YOUNG GEEKS OR PIONEERS?

45. OUT-OF-THE-BOX DOING
IS THE NEW
OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING

46. Thanks for your
attention!
[ Tom ] [ Stefaan ] [ Bart ]
[ www.studiospark.eu ]