Ray C. Anderson Foundation and Biomimicry Institute Announce Biomimicry Global Design Challenge and $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize

November 13, 2014 /3BL Media/ - For years, the Biomimicry Institute and founder Janine Benyus have asked, “How can nature-inspired design solve the world’s most pressing problems?” The Biomimicry Institute and partner Ray C. Anderson Foundation have now upped the ante by asking, “How can we accelerate the commercial viability of biomimetic solutions to our greatest challenges?” In response, the two nonprofits jointly announced their commitements at the Clinton Global Initiative CGI Conference a few weeks ago in New York City. The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge and the creation of a $100,000 Ray C. Anderson “Ray of Hope” Prize have been created to bring commercially viable solutions from the design lab to the market.

“Seeding and accelerating nature-inspired solutions to global challenges is the aim of our new partnership,” said John Lanier, director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, announcing that the first two years of the challenge will focus on solutions to global food security.

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