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“It’s nonsensical to dig up and melt oil sands bitumen, transport and burn it, and attempt to capture the emissions and stick them back in the ground”
Biomimicry Alberta at the Student Sustainability Summit
“Nearly all living humans are 50th cousins or closer”
“…if you are not a Bacteria or Archaea, you are an Eukaryote”
[Thanks Bor-Kai Hsiung for sharing this Tree of Life Explorer / evogeneao with us!]
50% Renewable Alberta –Mark Anielski
Renewing Alberta’s energy mindset [read more]
A summary from last Biomimicry conference in Utrecht –BlogIonik
There were a number of plenary sessions and break-out sessions featuring great speakers amongst which renowned names like Jay Harman, Dayna Baumeister and Michael Pawlyn… [read more]
BGDC 2016: big $100k prize goes to BioNurse (Chile)
Read details here: http://eepurl.com/cj2GNL
https://biomimicry.org/five-reasons-bionurse/#.WBDVcRSZm98
Camila Hernandez (left) and Camila Gratacos (right) of Team BioNurse
ZQ17!
Putting the ‘Ph’ in PhD
To earn a PhD, a student must make an original contribution to his or her field of study. The novelty requirement can channel the student into a highly specialized research area. Whether measuring propulsion pressures produced when penguins poop or the effect of cocaine on honey bee dance behavior, to borrow some EXTREME examples, it’s important to periodically climb out of the rabbit hole and pause for philosophical reflection. For students specializing in biomimicry, this means asking:
- What does a world built through biomimetic innovation look like?
- Does the biomimicry community have a shared vision for the future?
- If so, what mode of inquiry will help us achieve that shared vision?
We are pioneers in this field, and as such, have a responsibility to contribute to its philosophical development.
I recently made a modest contribution to the philosophical development of biomimicry via a publication in Global Built Environment Review
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