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Biomimicry & Green Burial: Living and Dying with Nature in Mind

·54 min·5 clips
Butterfly-inspired nanostructures increase solar cell efficiency by 200%, turning light absorption into a climate breakthrough.
This episode explores biomimicry as a solution to climate disruption, featuring innovations like butterfly-inspired solar panels and plant-based food preservation. It also delves into green burial practices, comparing environmental impacts of cremation, natural burial, and human composting to promote sustainable end-of-life choices.

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Nature is treated less as backdrop than as a system for building, healing, and living.

Climate One treats climate talk as a matter of reconnection: with nature, with one another, and with the food, water, and energy systems that shape daily life. The biomimicry segment makes that idea concrete in built form, especially in the U.S.

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For when you want climate talk that moves from grief into design and practical hope.

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