The Wisdom of a 3.8 Billion Year Old Story

Dr. Dayna Baumeister 
Co-Founder, Biomimicry Guild Consulting 

Dr. Baumeister’s field is biomimicry – using nature’s designs to solve human problems. Accompanied by a slide show which features stunning photography, she begins her presentation by chronicling the evolution of Earth from its beginnings approximately 4.5 billion years ago to the present, using a calendar year as an analogy. The creation of the earth is listed as January 1 – human beings do not appear until December 31. Dr. Baumeister then asks some provocative questions, among them: Are we a species that will fit within this planet? Will human cleverness save us? What does it mean to be an inhabitant of Earth? The answers, she maintains, can be found in the natural world – and in the realization that “we are nature.” 

Recorded: March 7, 2014