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forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable and
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Annual Biomimicry Education Summit Coming to Portland!
The Summit is a unique opportunity to learn from the leaders and innovators
in Biomimicry Education from youth, university and non-formal education
institutions. Plenary sessions and interactive workshops provide
outstanding opportunities to learn, engage, connect, and get re-inspired
to bring biomimicry more deeply into your teaching.
Visit the Summit website for complete details and registration information.
Richard Louv to Give Summit Opening Address
We are excited to share the news that Richard Louv will give the Opening Address to the Biomimicry Education Summit, on Thursday evening, June 21st at the Bagdad Theater in Portland Oregon. Louve is the celebrated author of The Last Child in the Woods, the book which started a national conversation about the need for children (and all people!) to be connected to the natural world.
Details on this event and the entire Summit can be found on the Summit website.
Janine Benyus Wins 2012 Design Mind Award
Janine Benyus, co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, has won the Design Mind category of the 13th annual National Design Awards program sponsored by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
The Design Mind award is given in recognition of a visionary person, such as an educator, author, critic, curator, or designer, who has had a profound impact on design theory, practice, or public awareness. She will be honored in October 2012 at an awards ceremony in New York. MORE
Credit: Mark Bryant Photography
Snail-Inspired Design Wins First Prize in Biomimicry Student Design Challenge
Using the desert snail as inspiration for their design, a team of
students from the Art Institute of Isfahan in Iran, took the top prize
of $5,000 in the third annual Biomimicry Student Design Challenge,
organized by the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute. The team conceived of a
building that makes use of self-shading, surface reflection, and
insulation to create a livable habitat rather than relying on air
conditioning.
The second place award of $1,500 went to a team from the University
of Latvia for a sunlight-induced shading system that mimics how flowers
and stomata open and close. The third place prize of $750 went to a team
from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. They
designed click-on facade panels that can insulate existing buildings
using snow.
Congratulations to the winning teams, and to the 47 other groups
around the globe that submitted proposals for the design challenge. The
level of creativity and talent was truly impressive! View a slideshow of
images from the winning designs on the Biomimicry Student Design Challenge website.
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
Annual Biomimicry Education Summit Coming to Portland!
Janine Benyus, co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, has won the Design Mind category of the 13th annual National Design Awards program sponsored by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
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.