Have you reserved your spot for our seasonal biomimicry seminar at the Chicago Center for Green Technology yet? Our topic for spring is dormancy. Come learn from the prairie how life has evolved to respond to freezing temperatures by slowing down and resting when available energy is low. And brainstorm opportunities to apply what you learn to your life, work, and communities!
Tomorrow! Tuesday, April 16th, at the Chicago Center for Green Technology; 6-8pm
Biomimicry Chicago's Amy Coffman Phillips and Josh Sin will facilitate an experience that (re)connects participants with the genius that surrounds us in order to learn a better way to design our world. This seminar is open to the public and is an extension of our AskPlace initiative, The Prairie Project. Register at the link below - the $10 fee goes to support the amazing work of the Chicago Center for Green Technology.
http://www.chicagogreentech.org/green-tech-u-classes/schedule-and-registration?eventId=607033&EventViewMode=EventDetails
Biomimicry Chicago co-founder Amy Coffman Phillips is a panelist for a discussion on the art installation "Prairie" by Shawn Decker, an immersive sound and motion installation at the Chicago Cultural Center. Join us to experience the exhibit and learn more!
Positive Feedback: Assuming the (Un)Natural in Contemporary Installation Art
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Garland 1
March 21, 2013, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
78 East Washington, Chicago
Panelists:
Amy Coffman-Phillips, Biomimic and founder of B-Collaborative.
Hannah Higgins, Professor of Art History at UIC and author of The Grid Book.
Lou Mallozzi, Sound artist, curator, and faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Moderator:
Hamza Walker: Director of Education and Associate Curator at the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
We're getting excited to present our "Stories from the Prairie" Wednesday night to the Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Chicago Design Competition Meeting! We'll tell a few stories and then give entrants a chance to play with their ideas in a Design Jam. We can't wait - will we see you there!?! RSVP to the LBCC Facebook page.
What an amazing offer to learn more about biomimicry - on Monday, take the 3 hour online course for only $38! If we compress the age of Earth (4.5 billion years) into one year, Monday, February 25 would be life's birthday! To celebrate 3.8 billion years, Biomimicry 3.8 is offering their "Introduction to Biomimicry" Foundational Course for $38, a 60% discount off of its original cost.
Visit their website February 25 between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. to learn more about the course and to make your purchase. Happy bEARTHday to single-celled organisms, and to all!
http://biomimicry.net/educating/online-courses/foundational-courses/
Ready to learn more about local biomimicry? Register now for BioChi Co-Founder Amy Coffman Phillips' seminar at the Chicago Center for Green Technology April 16th!
(Re)Connecting with Nature: Exploring Biomimicry in Your Own Backyard!
Biomimicry is the art and science of learning from nature to inspire the design of human forms, processes, and systems. This practice starts by (re)connecting with natural organisms in order to understand what makes them well-adapted to their place, and then translating this information into the language of design and business. In this seminar, we will learn how to explore possibilities by getting outside, making observations, and brainstorming new innovations!
Register now!
Come be a part of our AskPlace working group to learn stories from the prairie and apply them to our buildings and cities! HOK Chicago 4:30 - 6:30 tonight. 60 East Van Buren. RSVP at our facebook page if we don't have your name: www.facebook.com/biomimicrychicago
Want to know more about how learning from the prairie can influence the design of our buildings, cities, and infrastructure? Join us for a fun, interactive presentation and design jam on our Prairie Project (a biomimicry network AskPlace initiative). Wednesday, February 27th, 6pm - 8pm. RSVP to the LBC Collaborative: Chicago's Facebook page.
