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Erin Meezan: What nature can teach us about sustainable business | In The Green

From glue alternatives inspired by gecko’s feet to factories that produce a net benefit to the environment, Interface’s VP and chief sustainability officer Erin Meezan explains how we can look to nature to learn how to make business more sustainable. Detailing the innovative solutions this fresh approach has unlocked for her company, she invites us…

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From glue alternatives inspired by gecko’s feet to factories that produce a net benefit to the environment, Interface’s VP and chief sustainability officer Erin Meezan explains how we can look to nature to learn how to make business more sustainable. Detailing the innovative solutions this fresh approach has unlocked for her company, she invites us to imagine what we can redesign in our own lives, with nature in mind.

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  1. ✨ Your Unknown Friend

    February 14, 2022 at 4:00 pm

    To anybody who’s reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the darks thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind right now. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life.

    *I hope this helps you* ????

    • DONNIE DUFRANE

      February 14, 2022 at 4:03 pm

      Thank you. I needed this.

    • Somadi

      February 14, 2022 at 4:33 pm

      Yes it does help! Thank you so much, I wish the same for you. Prayers can change things! Have a good one!

    • Siddharth Panigrahi

      February 14, 2022 at 5:14 pm

      Thank you so much for such a sweet message. I have many interviews lined up for different schools in the coming 2 weeks, which has been stressing me out and about. This message of yours helped in bringing out a sense of semblance to my inner peace.
      More power to you too!!!

  2. pawan kanpura

    February 14, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    जो खूबसूरत आंखें यह मेरा कमेंट पढ़ रही है उनके माता-पिता को भगवान हमेशा खुश रखे

  3. Trush.

    February 14, 2022 at 4:11 pm

    Yeah it’s a wonder ????that Mother nature✨ inspiring✨ humans to do some unique and creative work which is beneficial to Nature. Nature has always been our huge Inspiration ????

    • Fati Tigilo

      February 14, 2022 at 5:10 pm

      Why do you see them separate?

    • Trush.

      February 15, 2022 at 1:54 pm

      @Fati Tigilo I am not comparing them I am just appreaciting that humans are not harming nature they are knowing the worth of nature. That’s it.

  4. Nathalie Lazo

    February 14, 2022 at 4:12 pm

    Remarkable person reading this.. It’s going to get better; all it is a season of opportunity to grow and be better than before. Challenging times are meant to strengthen us, not to break us. Success doesn’t define to what happened to us; it is how we choose to deal with our circumstances. The more you grow and develop as an incredible person as you are, the more things will change for the better. Forgive more (for you), be grateful for even the smallest things (we have it way better than someone else), choose love over ego, choose humility over ego (humility is strength), and finally, invest into new skills so that your future self will thank you. Our lives will change forever the more we grow. Be thankful for the challenges for we know something greater is coming. Love you always – Nathalie ✨❤️

    • Col.yiikess!!

      February 14, 2022 at 6:07 pm

      Ego !! That’s what’s strangling me . I just find it so hard to forgive and forget.
      Your message , which I had the opportunity to so randomly read will help me. I know.

  5. Ivan

    February 14, 2022 at 4:20 pm

    “In nature, everything is useful. Nothing is wasted. Everything contributes to everything else. Nothing is squandered. Learn from your natural world. Re-engage with it. You will see. creatures need certain things for their survival and well-being. But you do not see them laying up great treasures for themselves. All creatures in the world are vulnerable in the world. Beyond their protective instincts and the shelters they may provide for themselves, they are vulnerable to the world. They are engaged in the world.”

    A quote from the free book *Wisdom from the Greater Community* by Marshall Vian Summers.

    • John Chapman

      February 16, 2022 at 12:35 am

      Thanks Ivan

  6. Mr Ulug'bek TV | Official

    February 14, 2022 at 4:31 pm

    Thanks, it is channel N1

  7. Alana Carroll

    February 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    I hope more people will wake up soon and realize how important the environment is. Thank you for opening eyes.

  8. Aaron Oneal

    February 14, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    If you are looking for a way to help the environment you can use Ecosia they are a search engine that plants tress!!!!!

  9. Fati Tigilo

    February 14, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    Haha yea, “Possibly”.
    NEXT!

  10. THE SOPHIST QUOTES

    February 14, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    ???? “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
    – Theodore Roosevelt

  11. Anthony Romano

    February 14, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    Loss is nothing else but change, and change is natures delight.

  12. Brahma Astra

    February 15, 2022 at 9:21 am

    So what is this intelligent NATURE u r talkin about…Obviously we have not made it……So why there is no research n probing about understanding Nature ?????

  13. Greg Gary

    February 15, 2022 at 11:40 am

    First then, grow no further than nature would.

    An economy inherently that requires growth cannot, by definition, be sustainable in a time scale nature can tolerate. Innovation is great but not “the answer”. There is no viable long term future without a profoundly different economic structure.

  14. Baxrom

    February 15, 2022 at 5:39 pm

    How can i find text this vidio

    • Mubina Abdulatibova

      February 16, 2022 at 11:57 pm

      I think, you can find only online subtitle

  15. Gaasuba Meskhenet

    February 15, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    bring back linoleum~

  16. Gaasuba Meskhenet

    February 15, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    caps on property ownership!
    no more empty homes while people are homeless!
    no more evictions from primary residences!
    let the people and the planet rest!

  17. kathika ❤

    February 16, 2022 at 2:55 am

    Can we quote this example as carbon sink in upsc mains answers …..brilliant innovation ????

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