Let’s mimic aims to integrate biomimicry into Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs to enhance sustainability, innovation, and practical skills among students. Biomimicry, the practice of emulating nature’s time-tested strategies and patterns to solve human challenges, offers a unique and effective approach to vocational training. By incorporating biomimicry into VET curricula, Let’s mimic fosters a new generation of skilled professionals adept at creating sustainable solutions and innovative designs inspired by nature. The project ensures that VET programs are sustainable and relevant, supporting young people to develop green and environmental skills linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The project analyses the skills and competences need for adopting biomimicry practices in VET. Students engage in biomimicry design through problem-based learning approaches supported by a digital learning platform designed on biomimicry principles of defining, biologising, discovering, abstracting, emulating, and evaluating as a new approach to sustainability education. The project further supports educators to integrate sustainability education in learning. Outcomes are validated through wide deployment in Romania, Turkey, France, Spain, Portugal, and Greece.

The integration of biomimicry into VET involves the development of specialized modules and hands-on projects that emphasize real-world applications in various fields such as architecture, engineering, materials science, and environmental management. These modules will be designed to cultivate critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills by encouraging students to study and mimic natural systems and processes.