Clients

Our team has integrated biomimicry innovation into projects with the following organisations to date:

  • Bioremedition of stormwater and water runoff from two informal settlements in the Western Cape (current project).
  • Genius of Place project for an informal settlement in the Western Cape (a 110% Green project of the Western Cape DEA&DP)
  • Woolworths Food Tech and suppliers (internal workshops and presentations)
  • TEDx (the TEDx Cape Town, TEDxSeaPoint,  TEDxCityBowl & TEDxMfuleni bioteam integrates biomimicry into their creative strategies and specific themes)
  • Enternships (the team behind this integrates life's principles into the design of this innovative initiative)
  • CSIR (Department of Defense research on biomimicry opportunities relating to water, energy & materials)
  • City of Cape Town (key members of our team have worked on projects related to innovative transport solutions, urban design and environmental education based on biomimicry)
  • Water Research Commission (deep research into biomimicry opportunities for cleaning water)
  • Aqua d'UCT ecosystem of research around water (nature-based deep systems innovative research around water challenges in South Africa)
  • Alan Gray green building innovation in 2011 (biomimicry inspiration for the team designing the new Alan Gray offices at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town) and AG Leadership program workshop in Jan 2012.
  • Innovation Summit (biomimicrySA presented biomimicry as an innovation approach at this national summit in 2011 and will run a 1-day workshop at the 2012 Innovation Summit)
  • SAB Miller's Manufacturing Excellence Programme - biomimicrySA running a workshop on innovation and creativity as part of this program run by Henley Business School Jhb, Feb 2012
  • Ernst & Young International Entrepreneurs Retreat 2012 - Claire Janisch ran a workshop on Innovation Strategies from Nature in March 2012