I’m Tim McGee, and in this episode I’m joined by Asheen Phansey. Asheen is active at a critical hub of sustainability and business. As a translator between people, cultures, technology, and ideas he has been able to bring principles from nature to help craft sustainable outcomes. His work has spanned biotech, aerospace, electronics, and he currently works as a Senior Manager, at Dassault Systemes. If you aren’t familiar with Dassault, you are likely familiar with the products they help create as engineers throughout the world use their software to craft our modern society. Through our conversation Asheen and I touch on the emerging internet of things, changing desires in our high tech products, the art of intrapreneurship, and we even take a crack at a fresh perspective on what’s next for sustainability. Enjoy.

Welcome to Life-Centered, a podcast about how looking to the natural world is impacting technology, society, and how we live our lives. I’m Tim McGee, and in this episode Amelia Tracy and talked with one of the co-founders of Bureo Skateboards Ben Kneppers. Bureo is probably one of my favorite companies in the entire world - and while you might not be able to tell I was a bit star-struck - so it was great to have Amelia there to keep the interview on track. Ben is an incredible visionary, speaker, and entrepreneur, and in this episode we got a chance to not only explore the creation of Bureo and their game changing approach to manufacturing, but also how his experiences and career trajectory keep him energized and hopeful for the future.

In this episode Amelia Tracy and I sit down with Denise DeLuca. Denise has been an inspiration and instructor to many over the years as both a faculty member at Minneapolis College of Art and Design as well as co-founder of several organizations including Biomimicry for Creative Innovation.

In this episode I get a chance to sit down with Taryn Mead, whom I have known for over a decade... and usually when we get together we end up talking all night. In this quick call we only got to touch on a few things, including her Biomimicry career trajectory, her current work as the Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Exeter in the UK, circular economies, microbiomes, and the importance of empathy. Enjoy.

In this our first episode Amelia Tracy and I (Tim McGee) stretch our podcasting muscles as we explore our own introductions to the field of Biomimicry, geek out about bubbles, farming the ocean, and the intelligence of plants.