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Public Speaking & Teaching

Public speaking and teaching go hand in hand with a
commitment to inspiring change. 

Jennifer speaks and writes frequently on subjects such as biomimicry, sustainability in architecture, all aspects of LEED, the water crisis, and sustainable water treatment systems.

​In addition to the many presentations Jennifer has made to design and engineering firms, she has spoken to the following groups:


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UW Foster School of Business, 10-14-17, Seattle, WA "Biomimicry for Business Innovation."

Cities Alive, 09-20-17, Seattle, WA "
System Scale Biomimicry:   Mimicking Local Forests to Design Restorative Buildings."

Built Green, 09-14-17,  Bothell, WA "Applying Nature's Solutions to Building Design:  Getting Your Hands Dirty with Biomimicry."

​AIA Seattle COTE, 08-17-17, Seattle, WA "Biomimicry, Stormwater, & Place."

Living Future '17, Seattle WA  05-15-17 "Biomimicry, Stormwater, & Place:  Designing to Mimic Your Local Ecosystem."

Living Future '15, Seattle WA 04-03-15, "The Missing Link:  How human survival requires the Design Community to Regenerate." 

Biophilic Cities Webinar, 10-08-14, "The Promise of Biomimicry."

2014 Built Green Conference, Seattle, WA  09-18-14
"Biomimicry:  Life's Principles."

 CSI Puget Sound Chapter ProSpec Conference, Seattle WA                                       04-22-14, "Biomimicry:  Learning from Nature's Genius."


Cascadia Seattle Eastside Branch Collaborative, Bellevue, WA 04-15-14, "On Innovation and Sustainability." 

"Biophilia + Biomimicry," Seattle, WA 03-13-14, Workshop co-presented with Tim Beatley of UVA.

Women's Network for a Sustainable Future panel, Seattle WA
11-12-13,
"Finding the Balance:  Restorative Development & Regenerative Design."

Sustainable Design & Development Conference. Bellingham WA
11-07-13,
"Biomimicry & the Urban Greenprint."

AIA/AIBC Sea Change Conference, Vancouver BC
10-24-13. 
Ripple Effect:: Biomimicry & Nature's Genius

King County Sustainable Cities Roundtable, Seattle WA
10-10-13,
Presentation & Workshop with Sim Van der Ryn

SXSW Eco, Austin TX
10-07-13, "Urban Ecosystems:  Design with Nature."

http://schedule.sxsweco.com/events/event_ECOP16210

2013 International Montessori Congress, Portland OR
08-03-13, “Biomimicry, Learning from Nature’s Genius.” 
http://montessoricongress.org/about-the-congress/

Living Future ’13, Seattle WA    05-17-13,  ”Ecosystem
Services and Biomimicry:  New Tools and Approaches to Improve Urban
Resilience.”

Global Biomimicry Conference, Boston MA 06-23-13  "Urban Greenprint"

Urban Greenprint Workshops, 03-26-13 & 04-09-13.

Biomimicry Puget Sound Launch, 11-01-12, “Seattle Urban Greenprint.”

Bloom Seattle, 09-27-12, “Seattle Urban
Greenprint.” 
http://bloomseattle.com/bloom5

Biomimicry Blog Entry for Brightworks
Sustainability Advisors, 05-31-12,
http://brightworksadvisors.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/biomimicry-evolves-from-concept-to-concrete/

Biomimicry Puget Sound LinkedIn group, http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Biomimicry-Puget-Sound-4300963

CSI Puget Sound evening speaker, 12-08-11, “Water
Use & Reuse.”

NW Region CSI Conference, 05-18-12, “What to Expect
with LEED 2012.”

San Diego Gas & Electric, 01-25-12, Biomimicry
workshop 
http://www.disd.edu/events/article-biomimicry-going-back-to-basics.php

American Planning Association Cascadia
Collaborative Conference, 10-21-11, “Biomimicry:  Building Ecologically
Based Communities.”

Living Future ’10, 05-06-10, “Water Treatment &
Reuse Using Biomimicry,”
http://cascadiagbc.org/living-future/10/program/lf10sessiondescriptions/watertreatmentbiomimicry

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