The idea is to closely observe and learn from nature and then combine useful information with your own creativity.

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Biomimicry is a new way of talking about how we can learn from nature to solve our modern problems.

CNN: Aviation industry learns from nature

"We can learn from nature in ways we could never do just five or ten years ago, " Full told CNN.

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The third area where business can learn from government has to do with the nature of leadership.

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You could learn a lot about human nature, it turned out, from reading books.

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Elsewhere, The Foxhunter, a Grade II-listed, stone-clad hotel set on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, offers tailored foraging courses depending on the season, and Monmouthshire farm Humble By Nature offers summer classes where you can learn how to tap and drink from beech trees and make puddings, preserves and syrups from the leaves and buds picked from rowan and bramble bushes.

BBC: The wild taste of Wales

The worldwide recognition that Biosphere status brings will provide opportunities to promote and demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature and as part of a global Biosphere network, to share experience and learn from good practice.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Galloway and southern Ayrshire Biosphere welcomed to worldwide UNESCO network