January, 2008
In September, 2007, Paula Brock, CFO of the San Diego Zoo, and Allison Alberts, Director of CRES, met with Janine Benyus and Dayna Baumeister of the Biomimicry Guild to discuss the emerging field of biomimicry. They agreed that biomimicry has the potential to transform industry and save nature and entered into a collaborative partnership to build biomimicry education and services for the betterment of global conservation efforts.