Natural ecosystems optimize interactions between species. One can develop a manual, productive and sustainable farming, that respects the soil, without pesticides or hydrocarbons.
It is possible to imitate the extraordinary capacity of mushroom mycelium to depollute soils and assemble new biomaterials.
Why not adapt the strategy of the Morpho butterfly, whose wings can absorb heat by radiation, to make photovoltaic panels more resistant to very high temperatures in the desert?
Saint-Gobain studies the super hydrophobic properties of the lotus leaf to develop new industrial and sustainable materials.