Celebrate forests through science, art, and wonderful storytelling. Explore amazing animal bodies, dive into the oceans’ depths, and learn how plants and fungi solve some of our biggest problems. Looking for challenges and problems that you can solve? Dive in and help solve the greatest puzzle of all—the balance of our natural world! If youContinueContinue reading “Brilliant Books for Curious Nature Lovers”
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Super Mushroom & Fungi – Innovative Ideas
You can download this poster for free and use it in your classroom to inspire creative thinking using mushroom and fungi. Hope your kids get lots of glowing ideas! mushroom-innovative-ideas_flattenDownload Click here for blog posts about fungi. Frequently Asked Questions What is biomimicry? Biomimicry is the practice of looking to nature for solutions, then applyingContinueContinue reading “Super Mushroom & Fungi – Innovative Ideas”
Mushroom Leather Shoes for Kids – Inspired by Nature
Squirrels love munching on mushrooms and even poisonous ones. You can see them nibbling on the bright red toadstool, and for some reason I always thought that the squirrels had stopped eating them and left a bit of a mess on the lawn. But squirrels can eat fungi that are poisonous to us humans. SoContinueContinue reading “Mushroom Leather Shoes for Kids – Inspired by Nature”
Fantastic Fungi -Inspirational Video
Autumn and Mushroom! Learn more about the magic underneath your feet. This is the trailer for the stunningly beautiful movie by Louie Schwartzberg and Paul Stamets. You can read more about their work here. You may also like Inspired by Fungi and Creepy Smelly Burglar Alarm. https://youtu.be/bxABOiay6oA Frequently Asked Questions What is biomimicry? Biomimicry isContinueContinue reading “Fantastic Fungi -Inspirational Video”
Creepy Smelly Burglar Alarm
Can you rethink the way burglar alarms work? The creepy-looking devil’s fingers sparked the idea. Looks are important, but for this nature-inspired idea, the smells that the fungi release are more crucial for the alarm to work. A burglar alarm usually works by making a loud noise. The focus is on sending a message toContinueContinue reading “Creepy Smelly Burglar Alarm”
Devil’s Fingers – Spooky Video Inspiration –
Looking for non-plastic inspiration to celebrate Halloween? Nature is not always pretty and beautiful. It can be ghoulish and horrific! Imagine that you are out walking on a sunny autumn afternoon when you stumble across a fungus emerging from what looks like strange-looking eggs. Slender pinkish-red arms emerge from the top which creepily can moreContinueContinue reading “Devil’s Fingers – Spooky Video Inspiration –”
Inspired by Fungi
Fly agaric, jelly ear, shaggy inkcap and sickener. How many fungi can you identify? And have you ever seen ghost fungus? Fungi grow in a range of different environments. They live in the soil, on plants and animals, in fresh water and in seawater. They even grow on your body! Many fungi are colourful, andContinueContinue reading “Inspired by Fungi”
Step out of the classroom and into nature
Looking for hands-on lessons and activities that engage children in environmental literacy? Biomimicry offers project-based instruction that may inspire future generations to care for nature and to see nature as a spot that offers not only calmness and spectacular experiences of beauty and drama but also can make your head twirl around with possibilities. PossibleContinueContinue reading “Step out of the classroom and into nature”