Learning from the Octopus: How Secrets from Nature Can Help
| Hours: | 7:00 p.m. |
| Ages: | Teens |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
University of Arizona
Organisms in nature have been successfully using adaptation to survive and thrive on a risk-filled planet for billions of years.
In Learning from the Octopus, Dr. Rafe Sagarin shares nature’s secrets for adaptation and discusses how they can be applied to how we in society respond to unpredictable risks, from terrorism to economic downturns.
Sagarin has been developing these biologically inspired lessons with a diverse group of biologists, psychologists, anthropologists, soldiers, first responders and business consultants that he began organizing after 9/11.
This talk will move beyond the recently popular use of “adaptability” as a buzzword and delve into specifics on how organisms in nature organize themselves, use creative redundancy, rely on symbiotic partnerships and learn from success to adapt with very limited resources.
Sagarin will relate remarkable stories from the human and non-human world of how octopuses in tidepools, Marines in Iraq, and public health officials working cooperatively between Israel, Palestine and Jordan, have used adaptability to keep themselves secure in a risky world.
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The Aquarium Lecture Series is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute, which has been providing funding for free public lectures at universities and museums since 1836.
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www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/programs_and_classes/aquarium_lecture_series/index.php
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1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA, 02110 map
Phone: 617-973-6596
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