Restoring interconected cloud forests along the impressive Sierras Grandes de Córdoba and the Andes
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Research Vessel Heraclitus has received over $40,000 in donations and supplies, including all of the mariner’s paint needed to seal the ship from Jotun Paints. A heartfelt thank you to Adam Stuchlik and the Jotun Paints team, and all of our donors and sponsors, to date, especially the Maine Community Foundation Cobscook Bay Fund and the…
Legendary Sailing Ship Heraclitus spotlights Coastal Communities in Wake of Rising Sealevel.
The overall aim for the Sea Peoples Cultural Heritage project is to understand the role of traditional knowledge in bringing about change needed to secure a sustainable environmental and economic future for people and the planet.
Rising sea level disproportionally affects coastal communities
This…
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 Jassim al-Asadi’s strong advocacy as the Managing Director of…
Conference Program
Friday, October 7
18:00 Welcoming Cocktails 19:00 Dinner Opening Remarks by Mark Nelson, Chairman 20:00 Thinking About Technology and Culture Thomas P. Hughes, Professor (Emeritus) of History, University of Pennsylvania Considered one of the most influential historians of technology, Tom’s work has changed the way we think about technology by expanding the history of technology…
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 premier environmental NGO, and Dr. Mark Nelson, Chairman of the Institute…
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 million miles away by NASA to create a spectacular…
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, testing strategies that will be important in preserving rainforest diversity. Dr Mark Nelson was a…
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 Meridel Rubenstein creates photographic artworks that engage the natural world and investigate humanity’s place within nature.
Eden Turned on Its Side looks…
The Institute of Ecotechnics is proud to serve as the fiscal sponsor of the Saathi Bio Farm Project in the Annapurna Conservation Camp, Nepal
The Vision:
Three dedicated individuals, Julian Hungerbuehler, Emma Warren with the landowner, Tulsi Giri have designed and are building a sustainable, rammed earth style community building on SAATHI BIO FARM (translation: Friends Organic…
Proud to help support the Institute of Ecotechnics ship, the Heraclitus, which has sailed over 250,000 nautical miles studying oceans, coral reefs, rivers, lakes, estuaries and exploring the origins and futures of human cultures since it was built by the Institute of Ecotechnics in 1975.
Research Vessel Heraclitus’ Cultural History Project: Contemporary Histories of Mediterranean Ports
Lives and Legends of the Mediterranean Sea (Reposted from LifeArtsMedia.com)
For millennia, the Mediterranean peoples have conducted maritime quests for myth, treasure, inspiration, food, commerce, transportation, conquest, exploitation, research, discovery and adventure.
The Research Vessel Heraclitus and its parent organization, the Institute of Ecotechnics, in collaboration…