Janine M. Benyus, an American Natural Science writer who was born in 1958 in New Jersey. Benyus graduated from Rutgers University with degrees in Natural Resources Managment and English Literature/Writing. In 1998, Benyus co-founded the , Biomimicry Guild, which helps innovators learn from models in order to design products, processes, and policies that create conditions conducive to life. She is the President of the Biomimicry Institute, a non-profit organization, whose mission is to naturalize biomimicry in the culture by promoting the transfer of ideas, designs, and strategies from biology to sustainable human systems design. Janine has received several awards including Rachel Carson Environmental Ethics Award, the Lud Browman Award for Science Writing, the Science Writing in Society Journalism Award, and the Barrows and Heinz Distinguished Lectureships.
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