BioDreamMachine Exploring Nature's Solutions

It's time for the third annual Tommies, Tom McKeag's pick of the top 10 bio-inspired innovations of 2011 -- and a look at the lessons that Namib desert beetles, crickets, Mantis Shrimp and more can teach us about sustainability.

Startup company AguaVia thinks it's found a solution to the world's looming water crisis that offers much more than a drop in the bucket.

Two sessions during day two of the GreenBiz Innovation Forum explored how to take nature's principles and put them to work on solving problems ranging from packaging to HVAC.

An innovative display screen based on the way a Morpho butterfly's wings get their color may or may not change the mobile-device market -- but the underlying principles could change how we color our lives.