Nature Contest 2020 Cycle

Nature Contest is the most comprehensive annual contest of ideas inspired by nature. Individual participants from all disciplines and regions of the world are invited to participate. Participants can enter one of the following three categories.

1. The design concept for nature gadget or

2. The written idea on nature policy or 

3. Portfolio of previous work inspired by nature.

Taking inspiration from the processes of nature is called biomimicry which is found in the history of all professions. Everything we see in nature including ourselves is an outcome of 4.2 billion years of research and development. Our own mental capacity is linked to our understanding of nature. It is easy for us to see how technology has changed in the last 20 years because we are at the receiving end of technology. But the creators of technology know that this transformation would not have been possible without new lessons from nature. The way we understand nature today is radically different from the way we understood it only a few decades ago. For example, once we considered the brain as the CPU of a body centrally processing all its functions. But over the last few decades, we have discovered that even skin alone can adapt to multiple changes at the same time (through molecular-level reorganizations). And that our immune system is actually a complex adaptive system. This new knowledge of complexity in natural systems has made organisms much different from how they appeared only a few decades ago. So, how do you see nature today? Do you think that nature can guide us in solving the problems of humanity? Also, what stops you from envisioning a future inspired by nature? Is it lengthy protocols of publishing scientific research or is it our school culture that discourages asking questions? Nature Contest invites you to think big and bold without worrying about details. We are looking for the essence of your revolutionary thought- albeit articulated clearly either through drawing or through writing. If you can propose a nature-inspired design solution to a self-identified problem or a policy which benefits entire humanity, Nature Contest is looking for you. 

More information: naturecontest.com