Philosophy of Biomimicry

Featured publications:

Blok, V. (2023) “Technology as mimesis of nature: Biomimicry as Regenerative Sustainable Design, Engineering, and Technology”. Techne: Research in Philosophy of Technology, Published online
Dicks, H., Blok, V., (2019) “Can Imitating Nature save the planet?”. Environmental Values, 28(5): 519-526.
Blok, V., Gremmen, B. (2018), “Agricultural technologies as living machines: toward a biomimetic conceptualization of technology”. Ethics, Policy and Environment, 21(2): 246-263.
Blok, V. (2017), “Earthing Technology: Towards an Eco-centric Concept of Biomimetic Technologies in the Anthropocene”, Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 21(2-3): 127-149 (DOI: 10.5840/techne201752363).
Blok, V. (2016) “Biomimicry and the Materiality of Ecological Technology and Innovation: Toward a Natural Model of Nature”, Environmental Philosophy 13(2): 195-214 (Doi: 10.5840/envirophil201692035).
Blok, V., Gremmen, B. (2016) “Ecological Innovation: Biomimicry as a New way of thinking and acting ecologically”. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 29(2): 203-217 (DOI:10.1007/s10806-015-9596-1).

Featured Interviews

4/3/22: Interview in NRC about my progressive philosophy of biomimetic technologies (in Dutch). To access the interview, click here.
Interview with Kennislink about technologies which embrace nature (in Dutch), Kennislink 13-5-22. to access the interview, click here.