After a number of years of rebuilding the ship in its cocoon in Rosés, Spain, the Heraclitus has at last a new hull! The R/V Heraclitus is one of a handful of larger sailing vessels in the world with a ferrocement hull. 84 feet in length, the new hull of the ship...
Ecological Wastewater Treatment System in Mesopotamian Marshes of Southern Iraq receives Funding from the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources and First Phase Nears Completion  The Institute of Ecotechnics and Nature Iraq, NGO, are pleased to announce that...
With the support of the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources, work began early February 2023 to implement the first phase of the Eden in Iraq WWG project, 10,000 sq. meters (2.5 acres) of our 29,500 sq. meter (7.3 acres) site. This accomplishment is largely due to...
Dream No Small Dream - Deep Roots This is an excerpt from October Gallery's 40th anniversary book entitled Dream No Small Dream. By Dr. Mark Nelson Co-founder and Chairman, Institute of Ecotechnics, Biosphere 2 crew member (1991 – 1993). PhD, Environmental...
Photo above: the Team in Iraq (Jassim Al Asadi, Dr. David Tocchetto, and Thomas Smith) with members of the MOWR (Ministry of Water Resources) and CRIMW (the Center for Restoration of Iraqi Marshes and Wetlands) in Baghdad. August 10th 2021 was an historic day. We...
We are proud to announce that our affiliated project, Eden in Iraq, has been featured on the UNESCO Global Citizens webpage as one of their top 100 projects across the globe. Meridel Rubenstein and the Eden in Iraq team, which includes Nature Iraq, the country’s...
Jack Burton acquires Birdwood Downs Station to develop and demonstrate new methods for sustainable pasture management Derby, West Australia – Birdwood Downs Station (4500 acres) was developed in 1978 by the Institute of...
This is a short two minute video update on the Heraclitus rebuild and forthcoming expeditions.HERACLITUS, the Institute of Ecotechnics research ship, has sailed our seas for forty years, travelled 270,000 nautical miles, sailed all the world’s oceans except the...
Many astronauts when they first see the Earth from space are astounded by its beauty, falling in love with her and forever changing their lives; it is called the Overview Effect. Since April 2020, the OneHome NGO has been using unique Earth images taken from one...
September 11th, 12:30 pm, Seminar Talk @ The Linnean Society of London Biosphere 2 was the world’s first experimental laboratory for global ecology. Sir Ghillean Prance, working with NY Botanic Gardens and Kew Gardens, designed the rainforest area of the facility,...
Meridel Rubenstein, above left, latest exhibition Eden Turned on Its Side opens next week at Gerald Peters Projects in Santa Fe, Thursday, September 13th, 5-7pm. Over the course of her career, internationally renowned artist and University of New Mexico alumna...
