Biomimicry Lecture in Rockford, February 21st

Lindsay is speaking about Biomimicry to the USGBC in Rockford next month!

Biomimicry - Use the Genius of Nature in Your Design & Tour the LEED Silver Certfied, Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens hosted by the USGBC - Illinois Chapter!

Date: 21 Feb 2012
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens, 1354 N. 2nd St., Rockford, IL 61107

Program Description:

Join the USGBC-Illinois Rockford/Northern IL Branch for a study of Biomimicry - The Conscious Emulation of Nature's Design and tour of the Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens. (Submitted for 1.5 GBCI Hours)

This program will invite you to take a look at sustainability in nature. You will learn how your design can be influenced by studying the process, products, and performance of the living organism we call earth. Discover how nature provides us the Three "M"s - Models, Measures and Mentoring.  This evening also offers a tour of the LEED Silver Certified, Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens.
Agenda:
5:30 - 5:45 Registration (You must arrive and register no later than 5:45 to take tour)
5:45 PM - 6:00 Late Registration
5:45 - 6:30 PM - Networking and Tour of Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Presentation followed by Q&A

Presenter: Lindsay James, Director of Strategic Sustainability, InterfaceFLOR

BProfessional Travelogue: Spain

Lindsay and Amy just got back from our latest intensive week of visioning and deep learning about biomimicry in Spain.  The Biomimicry Professional Pathways sent out this email summary and we thought we'd cross post it to give you a flavor of what we experienced.  As always, it was an amazing experience.  Amy has also written about her experiences at her blog: Liquid Triangle Sustainability.  Please check it out! 

Travelogue: Spain
2011 Biomimicry Professional certification program participants discover the Mediterranean Steppe

  

Earlier this month marked the fourth in-person session for the current cohort of the Biomimicry Professional certification program. Held in the Mediterranean Steppe ecosystem in the Andalucian region of Spain, the biomimics studied how life has evolved in a region of the world where agriculture has been present for many hundreds of years. Michael Pawlyn of Exploration Architecture joined the crew for a couple days of deep diving into the world of biomimicry, and gave us a captivating and intimate presentation of the leading edge work his organization is doing including the Sahara Forest Project. All participants returned home inspired and motivated to continue their individual and collective biomimicry journeys.


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Evolve Our World as a Biomimicry Professional: Application Deadline March 2nd

Two Biomimicry Chicago network leaders are currently enrolled in this amazing program.  Please ask Amy or Lindsay any questions you may have.  We highly recommend the experience!


Currently seeking innovators, early adopters, and change agents to be the world's next leading biomimics

At Biomimicry 3.8, we believe there exists in the natural world a wisdom that can uniquely inform the way we approach and solve problems to make our human world uniquely well-adapted to life on Earth. We've spent the last 13 years developing the sustainable innovation framework and tools to bring nature's genius to the solution space.

Since 2008, a select group of biologists, designers, engineers, and businesspeople have been receiving deep biomimicry training led by Dr. Dayna Baumeister, Biomimicry 3.8 co-founder, in an intense two-year Biomimicry Professional certification program. Future biomimics in this exclusive cohort learn to apply the biomimicry methodology and tools for any type of challenge. Soon they will transform an evolved vision for and pathway to success across industries of all types and develop critical roadmaps for getting there using the natural world as the model of performance.

The world needs highly skilled biomimics to bring nature's genius into the solution space with integrity. If you're an early adopter, innovator, or change agent with a background in biology, design, engineering, and/or business, and you're interested in evolving human solutions towards well-adaptation through innovation, >> learn more about (and even apply online) for this innovative and transformative learning journey here

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Biomimicry Specialist Certification Enrollment Deadline: March 2nd!

Last Chance to Enroll 

Now accepting participants to the 2012 Biomimicry Specialist certification program until March 2, 2012

Eastern North American and Western North American cohorts will form in the 2012 Biomimicry Specialist (BSpecialist) certification program and welcome participants from all over the world from a wide range of backgrounds. This eight-month intensive training program results in an official certification and is a unique opportunity to gain the critical orientation to biomimicry to jump-start the ability to offer biomimicry to  your company, clients, or students as a specialty skill within your discipline. >> See how 2011 BSpecialist alumni, Thomas Knittel of HOK, has incorporated his biomimicry training into the design of a Haitian children's center here

Online coursework includes Seeds of Biomimicry, Life's Principles, and Integrating Biology in Design as well as a Virtual Design Lab, in which you will tackle a biomimicry challenge with the support and guidance of your instructors. Three in-person sessions provide hands-on experience in orienting to, reading, and learning from an ecosystem in addition to time building community relationships within the cohort.

Want to help us develop a regional biomimicry network in your community? If so, this could make the experience even more rewarding. We’re now offering a 10% reduction on BSpecialist tuition to friends or colleagues who apply to take the course together and are ultimately accepted into the next cohort. We’re calling it our BFriends offer. We’re also offering the same tuition incentive to our friends in the USGBC community who are LEED APs and Green Associates. >> Learn more and even complete your 2012 BSpecialist application online here 


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ERIN LEITCH, Certified Biomimicry Professional (CBP), LEED AP BD+C
Professional Pathways Director | Biomimicry 3.8
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