BioInspired! So What? Now What!

The BID Community 'Participation Rebate' encourages and recognizes member contributes to the community by returning 20% of membership fees.  Details for the last quarter are posted at First Quarter 2012 Participation Rebate.  The most active members were Kamelia Miteva, Marjan Eggermont, Sherry Ritter and Tom McKeag.  When combined with outstanding rebates from the fourth quarter, these members received back all or a significant portion of their membership fees.

Upcoming events:

• 2012 National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Environmental Conditions in Communities Wed, 2012/04/11 - Thu, 2012/04/12
• Backyard Biomimicry Workshop - Portland Sat, 2012/05/05 - Mon, 2012/05/07
• Biomimicry: Nature’s Guide toward Solutions Tue, 2012/06/05 - Sat, 2012/06/16
• 4th International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems" (CIMTEC 2012) Sun, 2012/06/10 - Thu, 2012/06/14

• Opportunity: M.Sc. position for Biofouling Research (St. Francis Xavier University)
• Course: MCAD: Systems Thinking (To December 14)
• Course: New Call for Applications: PhD training in Biomimicry
• Event: 6th Annual Biomimicry Education Summit
• Blog post: 'Closing the Loop' in Bio-Inspired Design
• Resource: Book / Article: Supply Side Sustainability - Connecting Thermodynamics to Biophysical and Social Sustainability
• Blog post: "Nature is Over" and "Handprints, not Footprints"