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"The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone."
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The Biomimicry Institute promotes learning from and then emulating natural forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable and healthier human technologies and designs. Learn more...


Biomimicry Summit Annual Biomimicry Education Summit Coming to Portland!

The 6th Annual Biomimicry Education Summit will take place Friday, June 22 to Sunday, June 24, 2012 in beautiful Portland, Oregon.

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

Richard Louv

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_credit_mark_bryant_photography.jpgJanine 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

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Snail-Inspired Design Wins First Prize in Biomimicry Student Design Challenge  sdc2012winner.jpg

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

CAS eventIn 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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