Harness nature’s timeless strategies to drive social change.
This four-week experiential course reveals how biomimicry—a practice that draws on the genius of ecosystems—can inform leadership, partnership building, and resilience planning for lasting, regenerative change.
Biomimicry for Social Innovation believes that today’s complex challenges require more than outdated industrial models—they require practices inspired by the wisdom of nature itself. Biomimicry—the intentional practice of emulating nature’s genius—draws on 3.8 billion years of evolutionary success. While traditionally applied to fields like design and engineering, biomimicry also offers powerful lessons for leaders, teams, and partnerships, helping us work in ways that are more adaptive, resilient, and interconnected.
This course will introduce participants to the deep patterns of the natural world that can transform the “human side” of change-making—including partnership building, leadership, resilience planning, and collective action. Through experiential exercises, facilitated dialogue, and real-world stories with practitioners applying biomimicry to social change, participants will gain distilled lessons and practical tools to embody nature’s genius in their own work, amplifying their impact and advancing a thriving, just, and nature-positive future.
This course runs from January 22 - February 12, 2025, with live classes held on Thursdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET via Zoom. Recordings will be available for registrants who miss a session.
This course will…
Introduce participants to the field of biomimicry and explore how nature’s wisdom can be applied to human systems.
Reveal nature's evolutionary insights, showing how these time-tested strategies can inform our leadership and drive social change.
Equip leaders with practical tools and resources to strengthen decision-making and guide strategic growth through ecological principles.
Share real-world stories and insights from experts actively using biomimicry to advance social change.
Inspire participants to integrate nature’s deep lessons into their daily work, fostering a just and nature-positive future.
Include Field Journal activities which prompt participants to apply concepts from class by engaging in their local ecosystems.
Course Modules
Session 1: Biomimicry Foundations
Session 2: Leadership and Collective Action Through Nature’s Lens
Session 3 : Building Partnerships and Collaborations Inspired by Nature
Session 4: Resilience Strategies for a Nature Positive Future
Overview
Dates: January 22 - February 12, 2026
Meeting times: Thursdays 1:00-3:00 pm ET
Duration: 4 weeks
Format: Live Online Interactive Sessions
Cost: $349 *
*Register by December 21 for a discounted Winter Solstice price of $249.
** Cost of the course includes a 1-year subscription to Nature Positive Practices.
“If we want to learn how to be adaptable, resilient, and have cooperative, mutually beneficial relationships, the teachers are all around us in the natural world.” – Toby Herzlich, Founder of Biomimicry for Social Innovation