Janine Benyus

Janine M. Benyus is a science writer and lecturer on environmental matters.

Benyus is a graduate of Rutgers University and lives in Stevensville, Montana.

She is the author of four books including Biomimicry (ISBN 0060533226). In this book she propounds her basic thesis that human beings should imitate nature in their designs and the way they solves problems. Her nine basic principles of biomimicry are:

1. Nature runs on sunlight.
2. Nature uses only the energy it needs.
3. Nature fits form to function.
4. Nature recycles everything.
5. Nature rewards cooperation.
6. Nature banks on diversity.
7. Nature demands local expertise.
8. Nature curbs excesses from within.
9. Nature taps the power of limits.