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Life's principles. Overview ; Life's principles outline ; Design lessons from nature ; Earth's operating conditions ; Definitions and examples (Life's principles definitions) ; Master principles (Evolve to survive ; Adapt to changing conditions ; Be locally attuned and responsive ; Integrate development with growth ; Be resource efficient ; Use life-friendly chemistry) -- Practice of biomimicry. Essential elements of biomimicry -- Ethos (Ethos overview) ; (Re)Connect ((Re)Connect overview ; iSites and ideas) ; Emulate (Emulate overview ; biomimicry thinking illustrated) ; Scoping (Integrating biomimicry thinking) ; Discovering (Integrating biomimicry thinking ; Biomimicry taxonomy ; Biological lenses) ; Creating (Integrating biomimicry thinking) ; Evaluating (Integrating biomimicry thinking ; Life's principles checklist) ; Spirals (Biomimicry spirals ; Biology to design practice ; Challenge to biology practice) -- Spreading the meme. Overview ; Communicate (Communicating biomimicry ; Presentation do's ; Presentation dont's ; FAQ's ; Written communication ; Fascinating facts ; Tactile communication) ; Network (Networking basics ; Building your network ; Biomimicry global network) -- Giving thanks. Thanking the experts (Recommended books ; Recommended websites ; Recommended search terms ; Leverage points) ; Acknowledgements (The people who made it possible) -- Case studies. Can you give me an example? ; Finding case studies ; Building your case study library ; Evaluating case studies ; Sharing case studies ; Features examples (Captivate your audience) ; Form (WhaalePower ; PAX fan) ; Process (Molecular heat eater ; REGEN energy ; (Eco)System (SMIT -- GROW ; Eco-machine) -- Resource cache. Evolutionary timeline ; Bio-what? ; Glossary of words and phrases ; Biomimicry design lens.