Look to the stars, not because Earth is disappointing
but because there is so much more out there.
— Dr. Tiffany Vora

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Love the Outdoors? Enjoying Nature Indoors Delivers Bio-Inspired Benefits Too!

Connecting with the natural world in outdoor settings has been shown to offer a multitude of benefits, including nurturing mental health. But what if you can’t make it outside? Then why not invite nature to your indoor spaces? Dive into this blog to discover creative ways to make it happen!

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Book Recommendation: Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Throughout this story, author Richard Powers draws powerful links between biodiversity and human diversity. If you’d like a glimpse at how the natural world can penetrate our lives to bring us both pain and enduring joy, pick up a copy of the novel Bewilderment.

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Book Recommendation: The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone

Looking for your next delicious read? I recommend you pick up a copy of The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats, by Daniel Stone. This book focuses on David Fairchild and his fellow “food explorers” who laid the foundation for modern agriculture. For page after page, I was truly astonished at their adventures

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The Bio-inspired Mindset: What Aspen Trees can Teach us About Cloning and Diversity

When I was a kid growing up in Colorado, aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) were a big part of playing outside. Today, with a bio-inspired mindset, we can see analogies of nature operates to business and society. Just as genetic diversity is the fuel that drives evolution, diversity of people is creative fuel that drives innovation and revenue.

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