Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Prize

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Biomimicry Launchpad and the $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize™, designed to bring commercially viable solutions from the design lab to the market. The prize is focused on nature-inspired solutions that address one or more of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

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Content from this campaign

Responsible Production & Consumption

Eight Reasons to be Hopeful About the Future of our Food System
In late summer, the ideas started pouring in from every corner of the world.
Thousands of designers, architects, biologists, engineers, students, nature-lovers, and big thinkers had answered the call to completely rethink our food system using design inspiration from nature.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Using Nature’s Design Principles to Feed Nine Billion
Earlier this year, hundreds of people from around the world took on a challenge to fix our global food system by looking to nature for design solutions. Now, eight finalist teams have been invited to prototype their solutions in an accelerator program that will award $100,000 to the top contender in an effort to increase speed to market for biomimetic solutions to global problems.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Biomimicry--A Growing Movement in the Marketplace
Biomimicry is a hot topic...providing breakthrough, sustainable solutions at a time when our world desperately needs them.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Gastrognomes Blog: Good Food Jobs - Megan Schuknecht

Environment

Ray C. Anderson Foundation Commits $1.5 Million Towards Crowdsourcing Nature-inspired Innovation

Events, Media & Communications

Janine Benyus to Appear at SXSW Eco as Featured Speaker

Responsible Production & Consumption

Crowdsourcing Nature’s Design Solutions: Biomimicry Global Design Challenges

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog - Special Issue

Environment

Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Opens Today

Environment

Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Opens January 20th

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