Celebrating Our Living Elders: John Allen, Pioneer in Biosphere Science, Shares His Vision and Dream for Planet Earth
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...
Research Vessel Heraclitus Update
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...
‘Biosphere 2: Lessons & Relevance to Global Ecological Challenges’ with Dr. Mark Nelson & Sir Ghillean Prance
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,...
Eden Turned on its Side: Meridel Rubenstein Looks at Human Processes Across Time, Santa Fe
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...
Saathi Bio Farm: Community Organic Market and Educational Centre in Nepal
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...
Research Vessel Heraclitus: World Ocean
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.
Legends of Heraclitus
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,...
Ecotechnics Award Winning Sustainable Forestry Project, Heavily Damaged by Hurricane Maria
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...
Give Me an Ampoule of Green Bodies and I Will Live
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 Architecture...
NOW ON YOUTUBE: Biosphere 2 -Story of the Original Design and Building
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)...
British documentary about the creation of Biosphere 2
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, 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”
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 by Bill Dempster
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...
October Gallery’s El Anatsui Featured in New York Times
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.
The Biospheric Academy
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...
Tropic Ventures Sustainable Forestry Project in Puerto Rico
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...
Main Results from Biosphere 2 presented by Allen, Dempster & Nelson at the Santa Fe Institute
Here is a video of the presentation given by Global Ecotechnics directors at the Santa Fe Institute Colloquium on Thursday, July 15, 2010 on "Biosphere 2: Cutting-Edge Laboratory for Biospherics, Closed Ecological System and Sustainable / Recycling Technologies...
Institute of Ecotechnics Mediterranean Conference Summary
Closing Remarks by Mark Nelson Chairman, Institute of Ecotechnics This weekend we have gathered to be enriched by a wide variety of perspectives on the Mediterranean. Following is my attempt to provide some reflection on this...
Consciousness and the Biosphere: Frontiers of the Future Colloquium Summary
Report on CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BIOSPHERE: Frontiers of the Future A Colloquium held at the October Gallery, London, on 14 May 2011 By Deborah Parrish Snyder Director, Institute of Ecotechnics Publisher, Synergetic Press Programme arranged by: Institute of...
Biosphere 2 – Twenty Years Ago the Experiment Began
Designed and built from 1984 - 1991, these images show you what it was like inside Biosphere 2 right before the first mission began on September 26, 1991, 20 years ago today. Eight people lived inside for two years setting world record for...
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 - Oracle, Arizona Biospheric Design’s most famous design project is the Biosphere 2 Project, a magnificent laboratory for the study of global ecology. This 3.15 acre miniature airtight world is sealed on the bottom by a stainless steel liner and on the top...
Biosphere Birdwood
Originally published in The West Australian, August 2010
October Gallery, London
The Institute of Ecotechnics founded and developed The October Gallery , an internationally recognized art and cultural events center in the Bloomsbury area of central London as a meeting place for the ‘ transvangarde ‘ – cutting-edge artists, musicians,...
A Tale of Two Forests: Community Engagement in Vermont and Puerto Rico
On the first Saturday of each month there is a themed community forest walk. Here, Vermont historian Bob McCullough tells community members about the 1832 Thompson House, a unique feature of the Jericho Forest. Equally important to the management of a...
Heraclitus San Juan Arrival
Expedition Vessel Heraclitus returns to Puerto Rico after 17 years
This week, the expedition ship Heraclitus returns to San Juan for the first time in sixteen years. The legendary three masted ferro-cement Chinese junk will visit Puerto Rico until April, when it departs for the Mediterranean. The vessel is on a 'Coral Sea to Black...
Birdwood Downs, Australia
Since 1978, Birdwood Downs Station has pioneered new ecological methods of improving degraded lands using stock management, weed control and planting improved grasses. Now, the beautiful paddocks with their groves of native trees, spectacular boab and eucalyptus,...
Laboratory Biosphere
Advanced Life Support System Experimental Chamber The Earth's biosphere is basically a system that is materially closed (with some input from the solar system such as meteorites and some output from Earth such as escaping gasses) and open to information...
Las Casas de la Selva – Rainforest Enrichment Project
Las Casas de la Selva Patillas, Puerto Rico - Las Casas de la Selva (meaning Houses of the Forest) property is managed by Tropic Ventures and Tropic Ventures Educational & Research Foundation (a Puerto Rico non-profit corporation). This area provides a...