Using Nature As A Design Tool:
Three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.
TED Talk: VIDEO LINK:
www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry