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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Green Bodies: Give Me and Ampoule and I will Live Ecosystems for Today's Architectures by Antonio Saggio A paper from Antonio Saggio's keynote speech at the Talk at Chania, Isle of Crete, Greece, August, 30, 2011. European Network of Heads of Schools of...
NOW ON YOUTUBE: Here is a 13 minute overview narrated by the cofounders and project directors about why a private entity built the world's largest laboratory for global ecology, Biosphere 2, and how eight people lived and worked inside it for two years (1991-1993)...
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...
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, 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.
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. http://youtu.be/0_blGKX3mbs...
