As someone starting her design/build career, the Biomimicry Practitioner Programme was very informative and enlightening of the possibilities of biomimicry across disciplines. 

It helped me understand the process of biomimicry design, the scope and scale of bringing ideas to life, and the need for more education and understanding of biomimicry for designers, engineers, architects, biologists, chemists, business people, and problem solvers. 

I am continuing to develop my project, and am grateful to have the support and resources of the Biomimicry Practitioner Programme!

Being in this Biomimicry Practitioners Programme has been a very inspiring and enriching journey! Fascinating to see how looking from the perspective of functions opens new doors to look in a different, out-of-the-box way to your challenge. 

The Biomimicry Framework is such a rich methodology to find mechanisms and design principles in nature that could - in my case often metaphorically - be translated into success principles for innovation in (collaboration in) a circular biobased economy. 

It gave me new insights that I can and will apply in my work, further exploring this with production chain partners to establish a successful coalition in moving from environmentally damaging construction towards sustainable circular biobased construction. And I am sure I can, and will, be using it for other challenges in my work as well! 

It was very nice and helpful to be able to have in-between-meetings with Melissa, Yuma and Jess to steer me in the right direction. Thank you so much for your guidance and knowledge! 

It must be the greatest job of the world to be in the Learn Biomimicry Team and guide people from around the world to make their work and designs based on the wealth of knowledge and inspiration nature provides us!

Hi, I’m Cheryl Spector, an Architect and Built Environment Ecologist based in Denver, Colorado, USA. My career has always been a journey searching for how to have a positive and regenerative impact between our built environment and our natural environment, including the impact on the health of humans that occupy these built environments. 

As a leader in sustainability, I often thought we had found a good process, design, materials, or manufacturing; however, I found that most of these were not working as well as we need. I left “sustainability” and jumped into the practice of biomimicry, where I found the most amazing natural mentors!

Although I got my first certification in biomimicry a decade ago, Learn Biomimicry's Practitioner Program was ideal for me, providing the structure and encouragement to pursue one of my innovative ideas that I had not been able to move forward with until completing this program. 

The Learn Biomimicry staff was exceptional in their support and guidance. I’m now moving from the threshold to opening doors for innovative bio-based materials designed to collaborate with the microbiome of our homes, providing healthy interiors for our families. 

I highly recommend the Biomimicry Practitioner Programme to move your ideas to reality!

The Learn Biomimicry's Practitioner Programme has helped me to understand how I could apply nature's genius in my work as an Architectural Designer, in a systematic and practical way. 

The best thing about biomimicry is knowing that you are applying solutions to your work that can reach 3.8 billion years old. 

I would love to be able to apply everything that I learnt in my professional work, either as an Architectural Designer or helping other professionals as a Biomimicry Consultant. 

Wish you the best on your journey! 

Cheers!