We’re excited to be helping the International Living Future Institute celebrate a decade of innovation this year during the organization’s Living Future unConference 2016, May 11-13. The celebration will converge on Seattle with the aim of continuing the progress of inspiring green building movement innovators to find solutions to the some of the most pressing global issues.
For our part, we’ll be providing a deep dive into exploring how using nature as model, mentor, and measure can help achieve a Living Future. A set of our team and network members will lead a full biomimicry-inspired track at unConference, helping connect participants with the tools and innovation opportunities biomimicry can bring to the built environment and to helping projects achieve Living Product Challenge, Living Building Challenge, and Living Community Challenge imperatives.
Here’s a quick glimpse of several of our sessions, beginning Thursday, May 12:
- Biomimicry + Living Future: Integrating Innovations Inspired by Nature to Achieve a Living Future
- Biomimicry Thinking for Design Workshop
- Biomimicry + Circular Economy: Green Chemistry Alternatives for Built Environment Interiors
- Biomimetic Structures
There will no doubt be an immensely important amount learning going on inside the unConference, but Certified Biomimicry Professional (BPro) Joe Zazzera wants to make sure attendees get a chance to connect with and be refreshed by the natural side of Seattle as well.
That’s why Joe and fellow BPro Denny Royal will lead a walk to the nearby Freeway Park on Thursday, May 12. The Biomimicry: A Walking Discussion session will take participants into and through the park, introducing them to the essential elements of biomimicry along the way.
“It’s a way to get people outside, be in some trees and grass and nature,” Joe said. “What’s a better way to get them centered?”
Getting outside adds an enrichment element to conference experience that Joe knows will not only inform, but refresh participants. He encourages anyone interested in the walk to come as they are, no special gear or even shoes required.
“We’ll just walk out the door of the Westin and it’s five minutes away,” Joe said.
We’ll also be sharing for the first time a preview of a new service we’re launching in July.
Synapse by Biomimicry 3.8
We’re excited to be introducing this week a preview of a new service from Biomimicry 3.8 that is designed to help more people discover the power of biomimicry.
Synapse by Biomimicry 3.8 is a new, membership-based service that delivers syndicated research and advisory services created by the world’s foremost biomimicry thought leaders at Synapse.bio, the website we created for the service.
This week we’re debuting the Synapse newsfeed, which is live now at Synapse.bio and includes daily biomimicry news highlights chosen by members of our team at Biomimicry 3.8.
Workshops and Built Environment
Another exciting announcement: We’re adding a new training to our list, specifically catered to biomimicry and the built environment. We’ll be in San Francisco in November for the three-day Inspired by Nature: Biomimicry for the Built Environment training.
Biomimicry and the Built Environment
Looking for more information about integrating biomimicry into your built environment projects? See what a jack rabbit can teach us about desert living and how we can use biomimicry to function like a forest here.
