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BioEmpathy: A Catalyst for Regenerative Design

Back in April, Denise DeLuca (Director of the MA in Sustainable Design program) brought Stefanie Koehler (MASD 2013) to Kenya to help teach a 4-day field course called BioEmpathy for the Amani Institute.

Stef, a 2013 graduate of MCAD's MA in Sustainable Design program, recently taught a semester-long course called "Design Futures and Ecologies" in the MA of Collaborative Design / Design Systems program at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) , where she is an Adjunct Faculty.

When asked to write a post about her experience, Stef chose instead to visually communicate her take-aways. You can see what she created on the website for her business Green Crane Innovation.

A peek into her creation is below. Click here for the complete image.


By Stefanie Koehler, MASD 2013
For the complete visual go to Green Crane Innovation

If you're interested in learning, combining, and applying biomimicry and empathy to sustainable design or social innovation, we welcome you to explore our fully online MA in Sustainable Design program!

Categories
Alumni in Action
Published on
July 01, 2019
Tags
Amani Institute
BioEmpathy
biomimicry
biophilia
kenya
Regenerative Design
Stefanie Koehler

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