Planet is a company founded by Alessandro Villa and Alessandro Bianciardi in 2013, dedicated to developing innovative products for environmental protection, specialized in biologically inspired design for sustainable innovation and devoted to the technology maturation and market entry of the Mangrove Technology Platform (MTP) enabling dryland reforestation. Our team has contributed to many awards, recognitions and competitions. Some of the most notable have been: Ray Anderson
Foundation, finalist at the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge (2016); Dubai Expo Live-Program (2017); the EU funded project HYDROUSA in which we are a partner (2018); MEDRC (Middle East Desalination Research Center) (2020). Planet is part of the international network linked to the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute. Planet can count on a worldwide network of professionals in different disciplines experienced in the Biomimicry Thinking framework. Planet invested in the Digital Universitas initiative, dedicated to digital manufacturing and product development, and in NOVOBIOM dedicated to myco-remediation, i.e. mycorrhizae-based soil restoration.