Biomimicry for Social Innovation: Nature's Lessons for Movement Leaders

Biomimicry for Social Innovation invites movement leaders and change agents to harness nature’s timeless strategies to drive social transformation.

This four-week experiential course reveals how biomimicry—a practice that draws on the genius of ecosystems—can inform leadership, partnership building, and decision-making for lasting, regenerative change.

The call of our time calls for a fundamental rethinking of how we shape systems, communities, and movements—one that places nature at the heart of our solutions. For movement leaders and change agents, this means challenging traditional approaches to partnership building, collective action, and problem-solving to cultivate strategies grounded in ecological wisdom that can sustain climate action and drive social justice.

Biomimicry for Social Innovation believes that today’s complex challenges require more than outdated industrial models—they require practices inspired by the wisdom of nature itself.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.

Over four weeks, 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, decision-making, strategic growth, networks, community building, 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.

• Meeting Times: Tuesdays 10:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific Time
• Format: Live Online with Interactive Sessions
• Cost: $349