SUMMARY







Nicole Miller is on the show today. She is the Managing Director at Biomimicry 3.8. Josh and Nicole talk about innovation in sustainability. We learn what Biomimicry is and how Nicole got started in this space. We also dig into how we can pull creative ideas from the natural world to influence how we package something or even how we build a business.







Nicole has some great answers to our HotSeat questions and really helps us consider what impact innovation is having on the environment. And conversely – how we can use the environment to impact innovation.







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NICOLE’S FAVORITE PRODUCTS







We asked Nicole to provide us with some of her FAVORITE products that are sustainable and low waste as we thought you may want to see some examples of the things she covets and uses in her daily life. From Nicole:“In terms of overall being intentional about what I buy, I also look for where it’s made (think carbon footprint!), by who, and with what materials. For clothes aim for 100% natural (i.e. wool, cotton, linen) materials –  most clothes are a mix of synthetics meaning they can’t be recycled and probably made w/ materials that have microplastics).”







* Lemongrass Shampoo bar – * Herbivore Pink Clay Facial Cleanser* Bamboo toothbrush * Bite Toothpaste tablets* Aura Cacia Daytime Argan Facial Oil Serum (this has a pump so not totally plastic-free) * Farmacy Honeymoon Glow  (again a pump – need a solution for that!) * Farmacy Sleep Tight  – the packaging on this is just beautiful!  







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