When the forest and the city are functionally indistinguishable, then we know we have reached sustainability.

Biomimicry is … the conscious emulation of life’s genius.

Biomimicry is basically taking a design challenge and then finding an ecosystem that's already solved that challenge, and literally trying to emulate what you learn.

The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone.

For businesses, biomimicry is about bringing a new discipline - biology - to the design table. It's not to write an environmental impact statement, as most biologists in business do right now.

The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world.

Everyone is trying to jump on the biomimic bandwagon. But a cork floor is not biomimicry. Neither is using bacteria to clean water.

Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses.

What if, every time I started to invent something, I asked, 'How would nature solve this?'

Life creates conditions conducive to life.

The answers to how to live sustainably on our planet are all around us.

What is your type?"I shrugged. "Non-existent.

Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s.

All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.

Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.

There is a chasm between knowledge and ignorance which the arches of science can never span.

I am an artsy girl. It's no secret that I am artsy, you know.

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

Change your thoughts... charge your life.