BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Please see the first three items in Recent Updates on well-deserved recognition for BID Community members Kadhir Manickam and Tom McKeag as well as Anamarija Frankic (interviewed in the upcoming issue of Zygote Quarterly) and Biomimicry Oregon for their stormwater management initiative.  The fourth item summarizes a recent discussion on the Biomimetics mailing list by recognized leaders in the field on what constitutes a good bio-inspired case study. 

Forum comments are now 'threaded', with replies to comments indented below the parent comment rather than posted to the bottom of the list.

If you come across any events or resources that you think would be of interest to the BID Community, please pass them on.  The Events calendar is looking a bit sparse.

Upcoming Events:

• Biomimicry and Collective Intelligence Wed, 2013/06/19 - Fri, 2013/06/21
• 7th Annual Biomimicry Education Summit and Global Conference Fri, 2013/06/21 - Sun, 2013/06/23
• Biomimicry Lab for Mousies (Session 1) Sat, 2013/06/22
• Biomimicry Lab for Mousies (Session 2) Sat, 2013/06/29
• 7th Annual Veracruz Biomimicry & Design Workshop Thu, 2013/07/04 - Sat, 2013/07/13

Recent Updates:

• "The Struo" Wins First Prize in 2013 Bay Area Clean Tech Competition (Forum topic)
• Fulbright Awards Will Bring Biomimicry to Croatia, India (Forum topic)
• Biomimicry Oregon gets Bullitt funding to study regional issues (Forum topic, with comment)
• Biomimetics Mailing List Discussion on Biomimetics Case Studies (Blog)
• The first Biomimicry and Design Innovation Training in China (Event)
• Insects Did It First (Resource)
• Permaculture Teacher Training (Event)
• INCOSE/Marc Weissburg Webinar (12:00 CDT) (Past event with pointer to recording)
• Biomimicry Expedition - Okavango Delta with John and Nancy Todd (Event)
• Biodiseño. Biologia y Diseño (Resource)