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Green Chemistry: The Beauty of Nature's Processes with Dr. John Warner
FromLearning from Nature: The Biomimicry Podcast with Lily Urmann
Green Chemistry: The Beauty of Nature's Processes with Dr. John Warner
FromLearning from Nature: The Biomimicry Podcast with Lily Urmann
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Many of us are either afraid of or avoid chemistry simply because of the way we were taught the topic in school. Yet chemistry is all around us: in the leaves of your backyard tree and the snail inching along the sidewalk. It's also a crucial component to the practice of biomimicry. In this episode, explore the topic of green chemistry with one of its founding members: Dr. John Warner. Nature runs on sunlight, breaks down products into benign constituents, builds selectively with a small subset of elements, and does chemistry in water. It's beautiful and elegant. Yet most of the chemicals we use to make our products, create our designs, and even add to the food we eat are toxic for the planet and our bodies. We have a lot to learn from nature's time-tested and life-friendly chemistry!
Released:
Aug 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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What is Biomimicry? by Learning from Nature: The Biomimicry Podcast with Lily Urmann