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Packaging tips from the porcupine fish - and other wild packagers

From ancient pottery to plastic tubs, the trend is clear: we're a species that totes, stores, and shields our treasures from a capricious world....
Whole Earth, 12/22/02 by Janine M. Benyus · More from publication
along came a SPIDER - emulation of natural processes in product development and industrial research

why tinker with nature when you can copy it? why tinker with nature when you can copy it? backed by billions of dollars in research funding,...
Sierra, 07/01/01 by Janine M. Benyus · More from publication
Saving for a rainy day - forests and trees as helpers in fighting floods and pollution

The elimination of trees and their replacement with hard materials such as concrete and asphalt has resulted in floods and pollution. Cities have...
American Forests, 09/22/98 by Janine Benyus · More from publication
Click here for cleaner air

CITYgreen is a computer program created to evaluate the city's ecology. It collects data with the use of aerial photographs, sampling techniques...
American Forests, 09/22/97 by Janine Benyus · More from publication
Bog breath: sleeper factor in global warming?

Experts have long known that bogs and peatland help regulate the earth's temperature by acting as a sink for carbon dioxide. However, new research...
American Forests, 03/01/95 by Janine M. Benyus · More from publication

Packaging tips from the porcupine fish - and other wild packagers