Press Release from the Biomimicry Institute Using the desert snail as inspiration for their design, a team of students from the Art Institute of Isfahan in Iran took the top honor in the third annual Biomimicry Student Design Challenge, organized by the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute. The team, consisting of master’s level and undergraduate students in [...]

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Biologist, author and entrepreneur, Janine Benyus discusses the emerging concept of biomimicry – the application of the elegant systems and adaptations of the natural world to solve problems in our built world. Entrepreneurs and innovators are shifting from learning about nature to learning from nature for answers to today’s pressing challenges. In her book, Biomimicry [...]

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From the National Science Foundation Bill Roberts, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, believes algae fuel will soon create an entirely new industry and thousands of new jobs. With support from the National Science Foundation, Roberts and his team are genetically modifying a specific strain of algae to produce drop-in replacements for [...]

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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s Tiny House will open its normal-sized door to the public for the first time March 5 to 10 so visitors can feel what it might be like to live life small. Very small. “We designed the house with the motto that the greenest square foot is the one you don’t [...]

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Using the desert snail as inspiration for their design, a team of students from the Art Institute of Isfahan in Iran took the top honor in the third annual Biomimicry Student Design Challenge, organized by the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute. The team, consisting of master’s level and undergraduate students in architecture and business, conceived of a [...]

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Students Shaping America’s Next Spacecraft (SSANS) was designed to inspire a new generation of rocket scientists, while streamlining production and reducing development costs of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV). “The SSANS project will challenge students to creatively design hardware and select materials that most efficiently meet functionality requirements, while significantly lowering cost and reducing [...]

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Good Jobs, Green Jobs Regional Conferences are coming up this spring. Speakers, informative workshops and thought-provoking sessions with labor, business, and environmental leaders.  Exploring opportunities and growth areas for green employment. Southern Regional Conference — February 23 and 24 in Atlanta, GA at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Western Regional Conference -  March 15-16 at the [...]

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Recycled fashion has been created out of 700 feet worth of banners that were used to promote the Monterey Bay Aquarium by Academy of Art University students from the School of Industrial Design and the School of Fashion .   The 72-foot long, 5 foot wide banners, which hung from the ceiling of the Hyatt in downtown [...]

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The International Agricultural Internship Program (IAIP) applications for Summer 2012 internships are due by January 12th.  This is sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture. The FAS (Foreign Agricultural Service ) International Internship Program is a great opportunity for U.S. graduate students and soon-to-be grad students or U.S. students who have recently comleted a [...]

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“What are you going to do with THAT degree?!” What undergraduate hasn’t been the target of that infamous question?  For some it‘s an easy answer – doctor, lawyer, physical therapist, accountant, and teacher – employment options with a specific line of work and study.  For those of us in environmental studies, the job options are [...]

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