BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Since the March newsletter was published, the first Participation Rebate has been credited to active paid-up members and $9.21 was refunded to Karen Verbeek's PayPal account.  Free memberships that had been offered to anyone who registered on the website expired on June 22.  Of the 131 registered users, 23 became paid-up members - calls with these members are being scheduled to get their input on the BID Community.  The team working on the Algae Competition has settled on a theme and has scheduled conference calls every two weeks to meet the October 11th deadline.
 

This issue includes articles on three significant bio-inspired design events: the Biomimicry in Higher Education Webinar, the NSF-funded Bio-Inspired Design Workshop and the third annual Biomimicry Conference at the San Diego Zoo.  These are followed by Ernst-Jan Mul's article about his connection-based design tools that help operationalize two of the Life's Principles, a summary of the Making a Living With BID community conference calls and an interview with Lisa Schmidtke.

Please let us know what you think, either through comments on the website or using the Contact Us link at the bottom of each website page.  Have a great summer!

Image Credits:

• Globe with hands: © Don Hammond/Design Pics/Corbis