Join us for next year’s Discover Nature’s Genius workshop!
Register now for this year’s Discover Nature’s Genius for Social Innovation workshop, taking place June 8–14, 2026, on a 9,000-acre regenerative ranch nestled in Montana’s Tom Miner Basin — a wild and ecologically rich landscape that borders Yellowstone National Park and teems with iconic wildlife, mountain vistas, and thriving biodiversity.
Discover Nature’s Genius for Social Innovation is a transformational training workshop, designed specifically for social benefit leaders interested in learning how to use nature’s wisdom to create regenerative solutions to challenges they face. Participants spend seven days together, immersing themselves in Montana’s diverse and flourishing ecosystems to learn from nature, for nature - and for people.
Offered in partnership with Biomimicry 3.8, this program is led by BSI’s Founder Toby Herzlich and B3.8’s Co-Founder, Dayna Baumeister, two internationally esteemed teachers and facilitators. In its eighth iteration, this program continues to evolve to be mind-expanding, results-oriented, inspirational, and practical. We welcome leaders and learners of all kinds – from nonprofits to businesses to government agencies, community organizations, and more.
Your days will include exploration of unique habitats, learning from a broad range of species as your new mentors, and translating nature’s intelligence into regenerative biomimicry strategies that meet your own organizational and social innovation challenges. You will share this experience with an international group of other changemakers and co-learners, and build connections that you can draw upon to keep growing this work for years to come. We will explore the island with a Maori guide, whose deep place-based knowledge weaves cultural and ecological insights to inspire your own discoveries.
Participating in this course will bring you closer to nature, develop your practice of social biomimicry, expand your network of Nature Positive Leaders, and change how you make change.
Where is Discover Nature’s Genius for Social Innovation?
This year’s workshop is set in the remote and awe-inspiring Tom Miner Basin, on the edge of Montana’s iconic Yellowstone ecosystem. Nestled within the 9,000-acre B Bar Ranch, the location is a sanctuary of intact biodiversity, where grizzly bears roam, cutthroat trout swim in clear riparian streams, and the calls of birds of prey echo through the mountain air.
The retreat setting invites you to slow down and reconnect, offering space to reflect and engage deeply with nature’s wisdom — lessons in regeneration, balance, and interdependence that are essential for shaping a more resilient and harmonious world.
Who is Discover Nature’s Genius for Social Innovation For?
This workshop is designed for anyone who is looking to explore the convergence of biomimicry and social innovation, and who is ready to invest in themselves as a Nature Positive Leader.
Discover Nature’s Genius for Social Innovation is open to professional and university-level participants from all backgrounds, with all levels of experience in biomimicry. Past participants have come from a wide range of fields: nonprofit work, education, public policy, community organizing, faith communities, businesses across all sectors, and more. This cross-pollination of backgrounds, ideas, and experiences will enhance your workshop experience.
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