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INSECT SCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 154-162Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2009.01306.x
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biomimicry; ecosystem; engineering; living building; symbiotic; termites
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The main aim of this paper is to present humanity and termites as design partners in the creation of a new dimension of ecosystem understanding. The paper by Turner and Soar, Beyond biomimicry: What termites can tell us about realizing the living building (2008) opens up a new era in how we think of human habitations, not only on earth, but perhaps on other planets, and using the termite model as the corner stone of innovative engineering. We know that termites are masters of constructing 'buildings' that meet all nutrition, energy, waste disposal needs, shelter, and food sources for many other animals and insects. We need to emulate the symbiotic abilities of termites to survive over time, for we all live on this symbiotic planet, and symbiosis is natural and common.
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