Meet the Finalists of the Biomimicry Student Design Challenge
We are thrilled to announce that 12 teams from 7 countries have been chosen as finalists in the third annual Biomimicry Student Design Challenge! The teams tackled energy efficiency in this year's design challenge, and the submissions were as innovative as they were diverse. Find out how a team from Iran was inspired by a snail to design an energy efficient building for desert climes, how a group of students in Montana envision a new "Earth light" based on the bioluminescence of glow worm, or how polar bears and penguin feathers inspired a variety of innovations. See a list of finalists or view the 2011 Gallery of all submissions.
More on Our New Name: Biomimicry 3.8 Institute
As we announced in September 2011, we’ve officially joined with the Biomimicry Guild consultancy to form one strategically unified and cause-driven organization: Biomimicry 3.8. The “3.8” in our name refers to nature's 3.8 billion years of brilliant solutions that humankind can learn from and actively apply to innovate for a better and sustainable world.
Our innovative model increases our capacity to do more good around the world. It also allows the Institute to continue to seek charitable funding from individuals and foundations who share our vision as well as to diversify our funding streams to ensure we aren’t entirely dependent on any particular entity to achieve our mission and vision.
This is an amazing time in the evolution of the Institute. We’ve posted FAQs on our website so you can learn more about this exciting transition.
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Introducing: AskNature Nuggets
We're excited to share with you our first AskNature Nugget.
It's a tasty morsel (roughly a minute) of biomimicry strategy delivered
by a member of the Biomimicry 3.8 team or network. This month's Nugget
focuses on evaporative cooling as it relates to the kangaroo, and is
delivered by Sherry Ritter, one of our leading Biologists at the Design
Table (BaDT). You'll find a fresh Nugget in every issue of our
newsletter, and on Asknature.org. Don't receive our newsletter? Sign up now.
California Academy of Sciences Hosts Biomimicry Events
 In October 2011, the California Academy of Sciences hosted a biomimicry exhibit in conjunction with Bioneers featuring the work of over 50 biomimicry design sketches from university students were on display from the California College of the Arts, the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, and the University of California at Berkeley Department of Architecture. MORE
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