With financial support from Blessed Earth Tennessee and supporters and the MTSO Student Enrichment Program grant I attended “Discovering Nature’s Genius” Biomimicry immersion in Costa Rica in December 2022. I was introduced to Biomimicry in 2014 by Margo Farnsworth who was my professor while obtaining an M.S. in Sustainability. At that time, the definition of biomimicry was “the imitation of life’s genius.” As a Christian who believes God is the creator of life I immediately changed the definition to “the imitation of God’s genius.” That class opened my eyes to see a more awesome Creator than I had been presented in church. Today, “Biomimicry is learning from and then emulating nature’s forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable designs.” I still see it through the lens of God’s creation.

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