We asked leaders in the biomimicry community – including Biomimicry Institute staff, founders of the Biomimicry Global Networks, our friends at Biomimicry 3.8, and our co-founder, Janine Benyus – for their summer reading recommendations, and have compiled a great list of books for your trip to the beach (or lake, reservoir, bay, pond, channel, estuary, fjord, bight, canal, wetland, lagoon, marsh, tributary, or river delta) this summer. Some may be better suited for hunkering down during winter months, but all will provide a new perspective in thinking about sustainability, innovation and design, and our relationship with the natural world. Enjoy!
Recommended by Janine Benyus, co-founder, Biomimicry Institute & Biomimicry 3.8
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Hidden Half of Nature by Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature’s Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future by Amina Khan

Recommended by Amy Coffman-Phillips, founder, Biomimicry Chicago network
Evolution by Stephen Baxter (Sci-Fi)
Storms of my Grandchildren by James Hansen
Birthright: People and Nature in the Modern World by Stephen Kellert
Recommended by Katherine Collins, author, The Nature of Investing, founder, Honeybee Capital Foundation
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
Recommended by Lisa Dokken, biomimicry consultant and lecturer, Columbia University
The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planetby Kristin Ohlson
Recommended by Marjan Eggermont, associate dean, Schulich School of Engineering, and founding co-editor, Zygote Quarterly
Science of Seeing: Essays on Nature from Zygote Quarterly by Adelheid Fischer
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