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Ecotechnics Award Winning Sustainable Forestry Project, Heavily Damaged by Hurricane Maria

Las Casas de la Selva: Tropical RainforestNovember 20, 2017939Views 0Likes 0Comments

October 22, 2017 PATILLAS, S.E. PUERTO RICO—Award Winning Sustainable Forestry Project, Heavily Damaged by Hurricane Maria, Works to Rebuild and Rescue Valuable Fallen Hardwoods. On Sept 20, 2017, the eye of Hurricane Maria passed directly over the Las Casas de la Selva, Sustainable Forestry and Rainforest Enrichment project, leaving behind devastating damage to trees, buildings and…

“The Evolution of Food Crops in the Mediterranean”.

ConferencesOctober 5, 2017967Views 0Likes 0Comments

Michel Chauvet intro Some very basic truths are almost completely lost to urban, technocentric modern people. One such truth, quoting Barbara Kingsolver: “Eating is an agricultural act”. For our next speaker, investigating how both have evolved has been a passion which has made him a world-class expert in the evolution of food crops and agricultural…

From Science to Art and Back: Problems in Translation?

ConferencesOctober 5, 2017950Views 0Likes 0Comments

Roger Malina "The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it" I recall our dear friend, the late geophysicist Keith Runcorn saying there was nothing to equal the excitement of a new observational tool, because it is totally unknown what it will reveal. Roger has had the excitement of being a…

Conference Summary

ConferencesOctober 5, 2017969Views 0Likes 0Comments

Mediterranean Conference Summary This weekend we have gathered to investigate and celebrate the Mediterranean. Before I attempt to provide some reflection on the truly many-splendored journey we have shared , I wish to acknowledge and deeply thank the people who have made our collective experience so deeply satisfying on many levels. For overall conference management and making sure…

British documentary about the creation of Biosphere 2

BiosphereSeptember 11, 2014949Views 0Likes 0Comments

1 Documentary Film “Will Apples Grow on Mars?“ Made in 1991, this remarkable film depicts the creation of Biosphere 2, the world’s first (and so far, only) totally sealed miniature world designed for long term human habitation. In 1991, four men and four women were locked inside Biosphere 2 as an experiment to see if they could survive for two…

John Allen, The New Bioeconomics Colloquium

Biosphere, Synergetic PressOctober 17, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

John Allen, The New Bioeconomics Colloquium John Allen, inventor of Biosphere 2 talks at The New Bioeconomics Colloquium at Synergia Ranch in Santa Fe, July 2013.

Mark Nelson on “Life Under Glass”

BiosphereOctober 17, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.86" background_layout="light"] Mark Nelson, one of the eight biospherians who lived in Biosphere 2 for two years, talks about his experience and the lessons he learned while living under glass at a colloquium at Synergia Ranch, July 2013. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]

Biosphere 2 an Apparatus for New Science by Bill Dempster

Biosphere, ResearchApril 26, 2013965Views 0Likes 0Comments

Biosphere 2 An Apparatus For New Science Here is a video of the presentation Bill Dempster gave on Biosphere 2 at The University of New Mexico Civil Engineering seminar on March 27, 2013. synergeticpress.com

October Gallery’s El Anatsui Featured in New York Times

October GalleryFebruary 11, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

We are pleased to share an article from this Sunday's New York Times featuring October Gallery artist, El Anatsui on the cover of the arts section. Read Full Article : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/arts/design/a-million-pieces-of-home-el-anatsui-at-brooklyn-museum.html?pagewanted=all

Podcasts from Institute of Ecotechnics 2011 Mediterranean Conference

ConferencesJuly 27, 2012949Views 0Likes 0Comments

The first in a series of podcasts of talks from the Mediterranean conference in October 2011. Other talks will be uploaded soon! Captain Rip Hayman reviewed some five thousand years of maritime history of the Mediterranean. Quoting Homer, “the seas connect, but the land divides”, he reviewed some of the recurring cycles of trade, piracy, war…

The Biospheric Academy

Biosphere, ProjectsMay 17, 2012957Views 0Likes 0Comments

Introducing The Biospheric Academy The Academia Biospherica is an International Alliance between the Institute of Ecotechnics, UK/US, Fundación de Actividades Biosféricas, Argentina; Fundaçao Matutu, Brazil; and Institute of Holistic Research, Spain. The Biosphere Academy provides innovative ecological restoration projects and intercultural education programs. In addition, Academia Biospherica offers several training programs within projects in six different countries and the…

Tropic Ventures Sustainable Forestry Project in Puerto Rico

Las Casas de la Selva: Tropical RainforestMay 16, 2012946Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tropic Ventures Education & Research Foundation was incorporated in 1998 as a non-profit corporation in Puerto Rico to support the project’s research and education activities. An exploration into silvicultural techniques developed at Las Casas de las Selva that demonstrate how secondary forests can be ecologically and economically suitable for sustainable timber production. A project initiated by…