B-Collaborative

Naturally Inspired Resilience Workshop

Image credit: Living Future Institute

We are honored to have presented a sampling of our "BEND, Don't Break" naturally inspired resilience workshop to the Living Future unConference in Seattle this May. Visit our Resilience page to learn more.

Biomimicry in Your Backyard

Our new seminar introduces the concepts of biomimicry, the methodology we use to learn from nature to inspire creative problem solving, in the context of our local ecosystems. Using a biomimetic lens, we will discover nature's lessons through observation of local species and begin to apply these lessons to our lives and work.

Next event: July 30th at the Chicago Center for Green Technology. Register here.

Visit our Blog!

The B-Collaborative Blog is a great resource for locally attuned biomimicry. We write about our work, share our thoughts, link to local events, and discuss interesting topics related to learning from nature.

Upcoming Events

BioCheers! Great Lakes Chicago Bioneers and Biomimicry Chicago have joined together to co-host a series of seasonal social events to bring together our communities to celebrate the seasons while cross-pollinating great ideas. June 19th, 2013.
BEND, Don't Break: Leveraging Biomimicry to Embed Nature's Resilience Principles into Human Systems. Biomimicry Global Summit. Boston, MA. June 20-22, 2013.

Collaborators in the News!

Our work with Biomimicry Chicago's Prairie Project in collaboration with the Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Chicago is featured in the latest issue of Trim Tab, the quarterly publication of the Living Future Institute.
The BEND Group (a B-Collaboration) was featured in a Fast Company article by Erin Leitch, "Creating Resilience by Following Nature's Lead."
The B-Collaborative's Amy Coffman Phillips was quoted in a New York Times Green Blog post, "Will Biomimicry Offer a Way Forward, Post Sandy?"

Our Philosophy

"In the end, we will conserve what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only what we are taught."
- Baba Dioum, African Ecologist, 1968

Our Services

Education

Exploring Functional Biology at the CCGT

We educate and inspire the local market by hosting interactive, immersive biomimicry seminars and workshops.

Project Development

Amy Coffman for Terrapin Bright Green

We catalyze and facilitate projects that contribute to resilient, restorative design for the Chicago area. Please contact us for more information.

Contact biomimicry@b-collaborative.com and follow Amy on twitter @amycoffman.