Proyects

Synergia Ranch Retreat Center Located in the high desert landscape south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Synergia Ranch Retreat Center is a unique ecological and cultural center dedicated to creativity,

Academia Biospherica is an international network of innovative grassroots projects rooted in the principles of synergy and experiential “learning by doing.” Through digital and hands-on programs, workshops, events, and collaborative

Marine Exploration & Ocean Research The Institute of Ecotechnics has carried out decades of marine exploration, ocean research, and maritime cultural studies through the Research Vessel Heraclitus. Designed and built

The Institute of Ecotechnics has long supported the development of Transvangarde Art — a transcultural artistic movement that encourages creative exchange across cultures, disciplines, and ways of seeing the world.

The Institute’s agroecological work began at Synergia Ranch in northern New Mexico in 1969. When the property was acquired, decades of overgrazing and land misuse had left much of the

Wastewater Gardens The Wastewater Garden system approach arose from the experience with water treatment and reuse in Biosphere 2, a virtually air-tight mini world in Arizona. That initial constructed wetland

Sustainable Forestry & Rainforest Enrichment Las Casas de la Selva is a rainforest enrichment, sustainable forestry, conservation, research, and education project located in the mountains of southeastern Puerto Rico adjacent