Southface Institute: Blog

Five Nature-Inspired Climate Change Solutions Advance to Entrepreneurship Accelerator

Regenerative Design
Five teams of entrepreneurs from around the world have been chosen to participate in the newest cohort of the world’s only business accelerator program dedicated to bringing nature-inspired solutions to market. Over 100 teams entered the 2017 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, answering the call to apply biomimicry, or nature-inspired design, to develop solutions to reverse or adapt to climate change.

"Ray of Hope" to be Presented at 2016 Bioneers Conference

Regenerative Design
The 2016 National Bioneers Conference will host the first-ever awards ceremony for the $100,000 Ray C. Anderson Foundation “Ray of Hope” Prize. The prize will be awarded to one of seven finalist teams in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, a worldwide design competition that crowdsources nature-inspired solutions to climate change issues, like food systems, water management and alternative energy.