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Other projects like AgeGuess [8] focus on the senior demographics and enable the elderly to upload photos of themselves so the public can guess different ages. Lists of citizen science projects may change. For example, the Old Weather project website indicates that as of January 10, 2015, 51% of the logs were completed. [9]
Mitsch and Jorgensen [4] were the first to define ecological engineering as designing societal services such that they benefit society and nature, and later noted [5] [6] [7] [3] the design should be systems based, sustainable, and integrate society with its natural environment.
Biomimetic architecture is a branch of the new science of biomimicry defined and popularized by Janine Benyus in her 1997 book (Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature). ). Biomimicry (bios - life and mimesis - imitate) refers to innovations inspired by nature as one which studies nature and then imitates or takes inspiration from its designs and processes to solve human problem
The trunk proves to be a benefit for factories, laboratories, and hospitals, where it provides additional handling for human-directed projects. Image credits: Aoxue W. #12 Drones
Regenerative design uses systems thinking and other approaches to create resilient and equitable systems that integrate the needs of society and the well-being of nature. Regenerative design is an active topic of discussion in engineering, economics , medicine , landscape design, food systems , and urban design & community development generally.
The term nature-based solutions was put forward by practitioners in the late 2000s. At that time it was used by international organisations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the World Bank in the context of finding new solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change effects by working with natural ecosystems rather than relying purely on engineering interventions.
Evidence-based Conservation. This group, including experts from Conservation International, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, and the World Bank, has assessed the evidence base for how conservation benefits human well-being, for example health and education. The study was published in Nature. [12]
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