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Ignacio recently forwarded the following youtube video to all of us as a discussion starter, which is embedded further below. Like him, I was pretty intrigued by the visual representation of CO2 emissions demonstrated in the video. But then I started to reflect on the context. Why NYC? Are they really worse than the rest of the nation? Or is it simply the density of urban "co-habitation", though not in the same space, but in the same city by so many.

During our group meeting yesterday, there was a discussion about what biomimicry process should be like. People disagreed about when and how we should look for bio-inspired solutions in design and architectural study. One opinion believes the process starts at defining a problem and then looks for solutions from nature.

Apparently people have studied lotus and invented a type of paint that resists dust and dirt particles. The invention was several years ago, but I found it rather interesting especially knowing Prof. John E. Taylor and his team are studying flowers to save more energy in buildings. 

http://odewire.com/50662/paint-inspired-by-a-lotus-flower.html