Mark - I would like to see the presentation please. Thanks. Phil Sheppard
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From: "MARK DORFMAN" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: The Vega Trust]
I've recently completed a PowerPoint presentation through a short fellowship
at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. It compares chemistry
in
nature with chemistry in industry, and provides examples of potential
biomimetic materials and manufacturing processes. It asks the overall
question: "Can biomimicry transform the chemical industry into a cleaner and
more efficient system?" I've given the presentation at a handful of public
interest environmental orgs in the US and would like to make it available to
science-minded undergraduates, and eventually, to government regulators and
legislators. It is not quite a stand-alone slide show at this point, but I'm
seeking funds to create an interactive web version, and to conduct follow-up
case-study research aimed at raising biomimicry awareness and activity in
government, academia, the public interest community, and of course,
industry.
If anyone is interested in reviewing the presentation, please let me know.
Mark Dorfman
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William Megill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Julian Vincent wrote:
> > An extension might be to suggest a biomimetics teaching kit
> > (a set of instructions on preparation of demonstration material plus a
> > set of slides, as transparencies or PowerPoint) which could be made
> > available as a downloadable resource to Vega (or any other web site),
> > also to have a list of URLs for further study. Comments?
>
> Elementary school teachers are always looking for these sorts of
materials,
> and certainly our field has a definite "neato" factor where kids are
> concerned. I think we'd be doing teachers a big favour to put something
> like this together. The bits that go into it needn't be hugely complicated
-
> often all the teachers need is an idea to get them started. As a concrete
> starting point - could I suggest we all contribute sets of links from our
own
> parts of biomimetics to material we think teachers might be interested in?
> I'll volunteer to collate the links and put an initial website together,
if
folks
> are interested.
>
> Cheers,
> William
>
> ________________________
> William Megill, Ph.D.
> Post-doctoral Fellow
> Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
> University of Wollongong, Australia
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Mark H. Dorfman, MSPH
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