Biomimicry and Learning from Nature

The Creatures Have A Secret

Losing animals, plants, and habitats to extinction, doesn’t just mean depriving the earth of interesting or beautiful things. We are, without question, losing important answers – amazing natural secrets that could offer solutions to the challenges we now face. In Rockford’s Rock Opera’s award-winning audiobooks we present a hopeful view that, despite all the wrongs humans have done to the Earth, a new enlightened age is dawning – with biomimicry at its heart.

A Directory of Discoveries

Click here to access our ‘SECRETS OF LIFE’ biomimicry and discoveries directory. It features just some of the fascinating breakthroughs that been made possible as a result of the study of plants and animals.

There are so many benefits we enjoy from the natural world, but do you realise just how many inventions have come about as the result of studying plants and animals?

From medicine to engineering, from sport to art, there are literally thousands of examples of how nature has shown humans how to do things better. And, crucially, as science advances, we’re discovering that we don’t have to exploit and destroy animals and plants to learn from them.

For example. No one knows how many plant species we have on our planet, but they are the ultimate source of medicines for 75% of the world’s population.

A quarter of all modern drugs – including aspirin, morphine, antibiotics, antiseptics, and anaesthetics – are either derived from or based on plant compounds.

Stories to inspire young minds

If you haven’t heard Rockford’s Rock Opera’s audio stories, they are suitable for all ages (adults too) and are available on all major music and audiobook platforms (just search ‘Rockford’s Rock Opera’). Or you can preview samples of all our stories and download here on our website. Play Part One of our first story, ‘Lost on Infinity’, free HERE.

We have created a range of Biomimicry lesson plans
(how nature inspires medicine and inventions)

Biomimicry x 9 Activities

Biomimicry Slides 

PowerPlant Slides 

 

  • Two-thirds of all approved anti-cancer drugs are directly or indirectly derived from plants.
  • L-Dopa, from a tropical legume Mucuna deeringiana, used for treating Parkinson’s disease.
  • The deadly Foxglove flower gives us a drug to treat heart conditions.
  • The Cocklebur seed was the inspiration for the creation of Velcro fastenings.
  • Penicillin, the antibiotic which has saved millions of lives, is derived from a fungus.
  • Tropical plants are now showing scientists how to create self-cleaning paints and surfaces, reducing our need for harmful soaps and detergents.

A Treasure Trove of Ideas

There are many, many more examples. Yet amazingly, more than 80% of the world’s plants have never been scientifically studied for their potential in modern medicine. And the influence of plants goes beyond their study in medicine:

The natural world is a treasure trove of secrets, of ideas and solutions, worked out by plants and animals that have evolved over millions of years. But in order to share in this knowledge, we must protect and nurture life. All life. Because, once life is extinct, there is no going back…

Watch this video, ‘Revelation (Distant Generation)’ a song from Lost on Infinity and you’ll see why creatures’ and plants’ secrets are so important to humans and to the world.
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