Design in nature is quite different from design by humans, says Biomimicry Institute executive director Beth Rattner -- consider a potato chip bag, which requires a lot of different chemistry to produce one single-use bag. "Nature uses a very small, limited palette...with structures that meet very different functions," she explains.
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