Published Articles
Our transdisciplinary team has been writing collaboratively on a variety of topics.
It’s messy but it’s smarter.
Are Ecosystem Services Replaceable by Technology Yet?
Using a database of 60,000 biomimetic technologies, we searched for tech that could be used to support, enhance, or replace ecosystems services.
TLDR: Our conclusion is both cautionary and constructive: some Ecosystem Services can be mimicked; very few can be entirely replaced; none should be rendered optional.
A Call for Bio-inspired Technologies
The needs are clear. Technologies are important contributors to our global climate adaptation strategy.
TLDR: We present a transdisciplinary argument for the critical need for Biomimetics in a climate adaptation strategy.
Building and Sustaining Transdisciplinary Research Teams for Environmental Social Justice
Transdisciplinary scholars and creatives are not your average academic. Here we document the experience of being a ‘transdisciplinary’.
TLDR: Transdisciplinary collaboration is equity action.
Can Manufactured Ecosystems Fully Replace Ecosystem Services?
A key component of effective transdisciplinary collaboration is to create a shared understanding of our goals.
With folks from the arts, engineering, biology, computer science, literature, and more, we co-wrote this piece to share our approach to Manufactured Ecosystems.