SolveCast podcast
Apr
28
12:00 PM12:00

SolveCast podcast

Join Cynthia Fishman for a an interview about biomimicry and sustainability. SolveCast interviews focus on how to solve for sustainability, and include topics such as green infrastructure, public space beautification, renewable energy technology, RECs, etc.

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Youth Sustainability Board: Speed Networking Event
Apr
18
2:00 PM14:00

Youth Sustainability Board: Speed Networking Event

Join YSB for a virtual speed networking event on Sunday, April 18th at 2 pm to talk with a number of experienced professionals in the environmental field, including BDA’s Cynthia Fishman. Students will learn about career options by having the opportunity to have personal conversations with these professionals and ask them questions about their careers.

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Rice University ENST 210 - Sustainable Futures
Mar
19
1:30 PM13:30

Rice University ENST 210 - Sustainable Futures

Description: Sustainable Futures will explore a wide array of global sustainability challenges and solutions alongside significant trends and disruptive technologies that are shaping the future. Throughout the journey, discussions will be enhanced by drawing upon lessons from human exploration of analogous extreme environments in space – like Mars, the Moon, and low-earth orbit – as well as from terrestrial locales known as extreme environments.

Join Rice University alumna, Cynthia Fishman, for an in-class presentation about biomimicry and how learning from nature on Earth can help humans survive on other terrestrial bodies.

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Rice University Architecture Mentorship Series
Feb
2
12:00 PM12:00

Rice University Architecture Mentorship Series

How can humans learn to live sustainably on Earth? Biomimicry, which is the conscious emulation of nature's genius by mimicking forms, processes, and systems from a functional perspective, might be the key. Join Cynthia Fishman, the Director and founder of the Biomimicry Design Alliance, as she discusses how to reframe the question and translate the answer in order to incorporate 3.8billion years of research and development on resiliency into your designs.

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