Life gets no dress rehearsal, and neither will we! In our very first session, starting with whatever understanding of biomimicry you have, we'll each choose either a puzzle we're facing or an idea that's been sparked in us and will look to nature for possible lessons to help us move forward. We'll move quickly and share out, so that we can each learn from the experiences of others as well.

For our second session, we'll explore the fundamentals of how living beings function, and learn tools that help us see ourselves––individually and as a species––as animals on Earth. With this strengthened understanding of our connection to the rest of Nature, we'll each choose a new challenge we face physically, and develop a biomimetic idea for addressing it by direct comparison of ourselves with other organisms, explore relevant existing innovations, and finish class with at least one idea we can put right into action.

No living being exists in isolation. We are all supported by other organisms as well as elemental structures and processes. Expanding our reflection from the organism level to the ecosystem level, we'll discover the principles at play in all environments, and tips for identifying the constraints around any particular area, and the key elements of how life has made it into a home. For our ideation work, we'll contemplate how our own homes, offices, and behaviors interact with the rest of the natural environment, and develop biomimetic approaches to put them into better harmony.

For our closing session, with our many challenges and questions held in the backs of our minds, we'll learn to walk through Nature (physically or virtually) and begin to see not objects and organisms, but functions, processes, and relationships, and to recognize the ways they relate to our own. It's in developing this awareness that we're able not only to learn about nature but to learn from nature. And with that, we are all firmly on the way to applying biomimicry to every aspect of our lives and actions.