The Biomimicry Educator Programme changed the way I approach my 6th-grade science curriculum. The structure of the program was concise, clear, and organized. The format for resources and submitting work was clear and easy to access. Over the six months, I reworked the focus of my science standards to include WHAT we can learn FROM nature to solve current issues.

If you've been captivated by the potential of biomimicry and how it can shape a more sustainable and innovative future then the Learn Biomimicry Educators Programme should be your go-to next step! 

Beyond the well-design, accessible and thorough curriculum materials that form the backbone of the programme, the real 'gold' within this program is the connections and discussions you'll have with like-minded colleagues and mentors from across the globe that inspire you to take your biomimicry ideas further than you've probably ever thought possible. 

 The sky is no longer the limit... it's just the start

Participating in the Learn Biomimicry Educator Programme has been one of the most transformative experiences of my professional life. 

It reshaped how I think about education, design, and problem-solving. Before joining, I relied on conventional analytical approaches; now, I instinctively turn to nature as my first guide. 

The programme opened my eyes to an entirely new way of seeing the world. I began to notice context, function, biological strategies, systems, natural designs, and interdependencies everywhere - across leaves, rivers, organisms, and even social environments. 

This shift in perception sparked innovative ideas for my project and enabled me to weave Life’s Principles into a regenerative education framework. The Learn Biomimicry team played a profound role in this transformation. Their feedback was thoughtful, supportive, and empowering. They created a learning space that was both rigorous and nurturing, giving me the confidence to explore boldly while grounding my work in strong methodology. 

The programme also integrated seamlessly into my life and work. Despite my responsibilities, each module felt energising, meaningful, and immediately applicable to my context. 

By the end, I was not only inspired but truly equipped with a renewed vision, a stronger sense of purpose, and a project that reflects the true power of learning from nature. It has changed how I teach, how I design, and how I imagine the future. 

 Thank you so much, Jessica Berliner and Leigh Aultman, for your unwavering support. After years of teaching about nature, your mentorship helped me finally learn from nature and with nature. You made all the difference and continue to inspire me to trust in nature’s wisdom. 

Ultimately, I now deeply believe that whatever challenge we seek to address, nature’s wisdom can serve as our model, measure, and mentor.

I am a small business owner in the food industry, but chose to further my knowledge base and education in the Biomimicry Educator Programme so that I could better pursue my passion and calling for biomimicry education. 

It is with the more in-depth knowledge of biomimicry that I crafted a design for an international urban planning competition and received The Sir Norman Foster Award for Innovation. 

Through the program I have been able to build up content I can use for my portfolio and continue to be awestruck and moved by the discipline, its innovations and its possibilities.

My experience with the Learn Biomimicry Educator Programme has been nothing short of transformational. 

Under the impeccable leadership of Jess Berliner and her extraordinary team, I discovered not just a new way of thinking - but a new way of seeing. Their wisdom, intentionality, and deep reverence for nature opened a powerful doorway for me, one that has reshaped how I approach education, community upliftment, and workforce development. 

As the Founder, President, and CEO of M-PowerHouse of Greater Pittsburgh, I am leading a multifaceted biomimicry initiative rooted in apiary science, myrmecology, and entomology. With our partners at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and the research team from The Pittsburgh Study, we are examining how the ethics and organization of ants and bees mirror our own social, educational, and economic ecosystems. 

The parallels are undeniable - how colonies support one another, how shared purpose fuels survival, how communication strengthens community, and how every member contributes to the prosperity of the whole. Learn Biomimicry gave me the language, framework, and confidence to elevate this vision. Jess and her team helped me coalesce intellect, ecological insight, and cultural relevance into a scalable model that can transform systems.

Their guidance showed me how biomimicry can strengthen a micro, mezzo, and macro workforce development ecosystem - one that is adaptive, resilient, interdependent, and rooted in nature’s successful strategies. 

How Learning Biomimicry Helped Me: 

Biomimicry gave me a third-eye perspective - not simply “thinking outside the box,” but realising that in nature there is no box at all. Everything is fluid, interconnected, responsive, and full of possibility. This shift expanded my creativity, sharpened my leadership, and deepened my belief that solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges already exist all around us. 

The Best Thing About Biomimicry 

Biomimicry creates change agents at every level. It teaches us to breathe differently, see differently, listen differently — and to become better stewards of this planet. Biomimicry is not a curriculum; it is a consciousness. It equips us to teach, build, heal, design, and innovate with intention, humility, and harmony. 

How I Will Apply Biomimicry Moving Forward

I will continue integrating biomimicry into the lives of underrepresented students and families across Pittsburgh through edutainment, STEAM education, and workforce innovation. Our focus on apiary science and ant-based social systems will guide us in building communities that work like healthy hives — interdependent, cooperative, intelligent, and purpose-driven. Biomimicry will remain at the heart of our Cradle-to-Career pipeline as we strengthen the educational ecosystem and prepare the future workforce of the 21st century. 

With heartfelt gratitude to Jess Berliner and her impeccable Learn Biomimicry team: Thank you for giving me the tools to see nature not as a metaphor, but as a mentor. Thank you for empowering me to transform ideas into impact. And thank you for helping M-PowerHouse elevate the voices, talents, and futures of the youth we serve.

It has been again a wonderful journey in this Biomimicry Educators Programme! Quite complementary to the Biomimicry Practitioners Programme I did a few years ago. 

As a transition manager Circular Economy, biomimicry offers a great lens to let students think like ecosystems. During the process I realised the importance of first knowing nature's system rules, the Earth Operating Conditions as nature's laws for all life on earth, including us. Both in your leadership as in the circular economy. 

The Life's Principles are a great way to formulate key questions for designing or evaluating a business model conducive to life ("Biomimicry Business Model Canvas"). Also the Ethos and Reconnect are very important parts of applying biomimicry in the transition towards a circular economy, because next to system change we also need motivational change, remembering we are part of nature, and nature provides us with so many narratives that inspire and give hope! 

During the programme I developed modules on motivational change and system change for the HAN University of Applied Sciences, their master Circular Economy, which I will be able to implement as part of the programme in April 2026. 

Looking forward to doing this! Grateful to Jess, Leigh and Alistair in providing feedback and support to me in this inspiring biomimicry journey!

As a Fashion Futurist working with brands like Nike and Dior, I thought I understood innovation – until I discovered how nature has been solving our biggest challenges for 3.8 billion years. 

I specialise in Strategic Foresight and help organisations imagine regenerative futures. I regularly speak at conferences, guest lecture at universities, and have trained hundreds of professionals through my school Trend Atelier. This is what led me to the Biomimicry Educator Programme and I cannot recommend it enough! 

For a long time now I have wanted to learn and be mentored, convene with biomimics to understand Biomimicry from the lens of systems thinking and education, and then be able to apply this to future foresight models, methods and philosophies. 

In the fields of fashion, strategic foresight and the creative industries, we are searching for new ideals. And we are basing a lot of our thinking and doing on outdated extractive models. 

I have so much gratitude to my Biomimicry Mentors Rebecca and Jess. The learning journey was transformative - and even witnessing how they teach was a masterclass in itself. Having a Biomimicry co-pilot was amazing too. This is a learning partner you're paired with from the beginning of the program. 

Learning biomimicry has helped me break assumptions about the challenges I wanted to solve and think of solutions from the perspective of how Nature solves problems and adapts. 

When you join the program keep an open mind as the practice of Biomimicry teaches you to frame problems and solutions in a completely new way. And I think today this is what we need: to break down our ingrained mental models and understand the world from a new perspective, so that we can help solve humanity's biggest problems, with the guidance of nature's genius. 

The best thing about biomimicry is that it overflows with solutions, ingenuity, creativity. Everywhere you look when you research and learn is a case study of nature's intelligence that can be applied to design, innovation, organisational thinking, systems. 

The team at Learn Biomimicry help you every step of the way in zooming into the core of the solution you're wanting to develop and in our cohort alone, I saw peers developing new architectural solutions, AI models, all the way to developing new business training programs! 

Now that I have completed the Biomimicry program as an Educator, I'm publishing the learning journey I have created called 'Future Wild: When Nature Becomes the Futurist'. I'm planting seeds and am getting great reception through my newsletter and socials. Next I will host in person client workshops and a more affordable version as an online course. I'd also love to host a podcast series. 

During the training I have built so much material and knowledge that I now have a runway and a timeline of how the learning journey will roll out, with the idea that iteration and feedback will be key all along the way, as this is how natural evolution also works. 

The great thing is I will continue to benefit from the Learn Biomimicry community online, whom I can connect with to learn, exchange and ask for feedback. 

I am so excited for this new chapter in my 25 year career and have gained incredible clarity from joining the program and following the six month curriculum at my own pace and accompanied with amazing people. 

This was the best investment for my professional and personal growth I have done since University. If you join the Educator or Practitioner program at learn Biomimicry you will be in the best hands!

Biomimicry has completely transformed the way I see the world. 

As an educator and applied ecologist, I no longer just observe or teach nature - I learn from it and emulate its genius. 

Every fungus, bacterium, protozoa, plant, animal, their interaction, and ecosystem is now a teacher, a measure and a model, offering strategies to solve human challenges in innovative and sustainable ways. 

When combined with design thinking, systems thinking, and Life’s Principles, biomimicry provides powerful frameworks to reimagine and create a regenerative, responsive, distributed, and resilient future in all walks of lives. 

I am deeply grateful to the Learn Biomimicry Team for transforming not only my perspective but also my practices.

Today, I confidently contribute as a sustainable, regenerative, and resilient innovation consultant. I encourage everyone - regardless of profession - to explore and learn biomimicry.