When we think about vision, we picture eyes. Whether it's a human eye, the compound eyes of an insect, or the large eyes of an owl, we tend to assume that seeing requires a dedicated organ.

Summer is here, and as temperatures rise, so does our reliance on air conditioning. Cooling our homes, schools, and workplaces accounts for a significant share of global energy use. But what if the answer to better ventilation wasn't a more powerful machine? What if it began with looking underground?

Some of nature's most successful organisms don't thrive because they're the biggest, strongest, or fastest. They thrive because they are attuned - attuned to the conditions around them, to the resources available, and to the relationships that make life possible.

For those of us exploring biomimicry and life-centered design, this may be one of the most important invitations Robin offers. Nature is not only a source of ideas, strategies, and inspiration; it is also a relationship.

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