Biomimicry Institute
Informal Education
Biomimicry Education: Taking Root around the World
What do science educators from Sweden, a college professor from Spain, a biology doctoral student from Portugal, business school instructors from Switzerland and the U.K., an entrepreneur from Bulgaria, architects from Turkey, and the founder of a biomimicry...Getting Past the “Wigglies”
In our workshops we frequently have participants find a spot outside in nature that interests them and then observe it for 20-30 minutes. If you’ve tried this, you know that you get the “wigglies” after about 10 minutes. “I’ve seen...Videos Children Can Make
While researching my last story about whale poop, I remembered reading research reports about the importance of salmon in the nutrient cycle of Pacific Northwest forests in the United States and Canada. I did a quick Google Search and came across a short video called...How We Make Stuff
How We Make Stuff is a recently released pop-up book, written by Christiane Dorion and illustrated by Beverley Young, that introduces young people to the ways we currently use the Earth’s natural resources as well as alternative approaches including biomimicry...Conservation Remix Video Lectures
Green roofs as ecosystems. Bringing daylight back into buildings. Thinking of energy efficiency as a resource. Eating invasive species. Biomimicry. These were all subjects of talks sponsored by Conservation Magazine at the Conservation Remix event in Seattle in early...Support nature-inspired problem-solvers
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