BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Presentation by Taryn Mead on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2010.

With a bird's eye view on planning, architectural and production challenges, Taryn Mead will provide insights into ecological principles that can be used to enhance the way designs fit into the landscape of a place. Taryn's training in ecology and the socio-industrial aspects of environmental issues provides a systems-based platform for discussion of biomimetic principles and methodologies. As a Biologist at the Design Table for the Guild, she specializes in Nature's functions at the ecosystem level. Gain an understanding of a design process that asks how local organisms flourish in their regional habitat and how to incorporate ecosystem nutrient cycling into landscape scale designs.