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Jamie Dwyer was raised in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. This beautiful setting fostered her fascination and appreciation of nature. Jamie's love for being outdoors led her to earning a BA in Environmental Biology at the University of Montana, continuing on to study passerine birds and their ecosystems in Montana, New Hampshire, French Guiana, and wherever she travels. After numerous seasons of field work, she decided to revisit her interests in design and housing. Jamie returned to Montana to attain her Masters in Architecture at MSU Bozeman, where she first encountered biomimicry while researching how nature could inform design for her thesis. Upon reading Janine Benyus' book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, she immediately registered for a "Biomimicry and Design" workshop in Costa Rica led by the Biomimicry Guild.
What is biomimicry? Biomimicry is an innovation method that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature's time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf. The goal is to create products, processes, and policies---new ways of living---that are well-adapted to life on earth over the long haul. We want to be able to live on our home planet without destroying it.
In the years since the Costa Rica workshop, biomimicry has steadily become an increasingly larger part of Jamie's life. Currently, she is working for the Biomimicry Guild as well as participating in a two year Biomimicry Certificate through the Biomimicry Institute. The certificate course not only allows students to dive deep into biomimicry, but also combines teams of biologists, designers, engineers and businesspeople to provide sustainable responses to current challenges like energy storage, soil fertility and business policy.
Biomimicry Guild is a consulting company whose goal is to naturalize biomimicry in the design profession in order to increase respect for the natural world and create well-adapted and life-friendly products and processes by integrating biology into a client's design process and sustainability into their goals. The Guild can help a company in their steps towards sustainability and biomimetic innovation by providing anything from a list of sustainable off-the -shelf products to providing a report summarizing how nature solves the same challenge.
For this year's Raptor Festival keynote, Jamie will be introducing and exploring Biomimicry and how to "Learn from, emulate and conserve life's genius."
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
Bridger Bowl Ski Area
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Live Raptor Display 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Meet the Montana Raptor Conservation Center Ambassador Birds
Face Painting 10:00 am - noon & 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Transform into an owl, an osprey or and eagle. Brought to you By Montana Outdoor Science Schoool. $3 per face.
Feathered Flyers 10:00 - 11:30 am Kids ages 3 and up
Ever think about what it would be like to be a bird and fly around above the ground? Ever wonder where birds go when they leave for the winter? Join Montana Outdoor Science School for a sensory awareness bird walk while learning about the world of birds. So come on, lets fly! Must be accompanied by an adult.
Birds & Books Storytelling 10:30 - 11:00 am
Join Cindy from the Bozeman Public Library for an cozy storytime around the fireplace.
Raptor Identification 10:30 - 11:30 am
Steve Hoffman of Montana Audubon will again give his exceedingly popular talk on raptor identification.
Family Nature Hike 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Join Bev Dixon of the Gallatin National Forest and John Bell, raptor identifier extrodinaire, on an exploration. Appropriate footware and outerwear is recommended.
Live Raptor Shows 11:45 am - 12:30 pm & 2:00 - 2:45 pm
Meet the raptors and learn about the unique and interesting behaviors of native Montana birds of prey. Investigate raptor artifacts including feet and feathers. Brought to you by the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center.
Habitat-based Birding 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Slipping through the cattails, an American Bittern tends effortlessly with its environment. Habitat can be thought of as the platform on which all species stand. Radd Icenoggle talks about how habitat affects birds, birds affect their habitat, and using habitat as an identification clue.
Oktoberfest 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Jim Bridger Lodge
Beer, Food
Music by the Bridger Creek Boys
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4
Bridger Bowl Ski Area
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Live Raptor Display 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Meet the Montana Raptor Conservation Center Ambassador Birds
Face Painting 10:00 am - noon & 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Transform into an owl, an osprey or and eagle. Brought to you By Montana Outdoor Science Schoool. $3 per face.
Birds & Books Storytelling 10:30 - 11:00 am
Join Cindy from the Bozeman Public Library for an cozy storytime around the fireplace.
Raptor Identification 10:30 - 11:30 am
Steve Hoffman of Montana Audubon will again give his exceedingly popular talk on raptor identification.
Dinosaurs to Birds - Museum of the Rockies 11:00 am - noon
Explore the evolution from dinosaurs to birds with the experts.
Family Nature Hike 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Join Bev Dixon of the Gallatin National Forest and John Bell, raptor identifier extrodinaire, on an exploration. Appropriate footware and outerwear is recommended.
Live Raptor Shows 11:45 am - 12:30 pm & 2:00 - 2:45 pm
Meet the raptors and learn about the unique and interesting behaviors of native Montana birds of prey. Investigate raptor artifacts including feet and feathers. Brought to you by the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center.
Habitat-based Birding 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Slipping through the cattails, an American Bittern tends effortlessly with its environment. Habitat can be thought of as the platform on which all species stand. Radd Icenoggle talks about how habitat affects birds, birds affect their habitat, and using habitat as an identification clue.
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