Life Under Glass. Марк Нельсон

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       PRAISE FOR LIFE UNDER GLASS

      “Life Under Glass is a massively important and inspirational book about a great experiment that will be regarded as a cornerstone in the human quest to understand the Biosphere and ecology itself. Anyone who wants to understand what innovation actually is must read this book and whisper a hushed vote of thanks that people like this exist!”

      – Sir Tim Smit, Founder, Director, The Eden Project, Cornwall

      "I am delighted to see a second edition of this important book that tells the true and, frankly, honest account of the Biosphere 2 experiment. It is important that the project has been so fully recorded here in what is also a most enjoyable read."

      – Sir Ghillean Prance FRS, VMH

      "Life Under Glass is an honest, first-hand account of an innovative experiment. Biosphere 2 itself was visionary…the subjective experience in undertaking such an experiment makes enjoyable and inspirational reading for anyone eager to learn about exploring and discovering a new frontier where knowledge, skills, technology, and organization are key in managing self-organizing systems."

      – Dr. Jose Furtado, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, University of London

      "I have known for five decades these deep, audacious, visionary nomads, walking the waves of the Heraclitus, creating Biosphere 2 to reflect our world, more real than true. Life Under Glass chronicles step-by-step a journey worthy of including in the Arabian Nights…braving the vivid unknown!"

      – Godfrey Reggio, documentary film director (Koyaanisqatsi, the Qatsi trilogy)

      "Life Under Glass is a thrilling account of the daily life in Biosphere 2 and first and foremost a precious testimony on a unique experience that can teach humanity how to live in a small world, act as steward and feel interconnectedness. This book contains the keys to unlock the 21st century."

      – Jean-Pierre Goux, President of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, author, "The Blue Century," founder, OneHome

      "Life Under Glass details an extraordinary scientific experiment, one in which a handful of idealistic citizen scientists, at considerable personal risk, volunteered to enter a closed system, Biosphere 2. The audacity of the effort brings to mind that famous quote of Teddy Roosevelt in which he hails not the critics, but those in the arena who strive valiantly, who spend themselves in a worthy cause, and who, if they fail, do so while daring greatly, their faces marred by dust and sweat and blood."

      – Professor Wade Davis, BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

      "Life Under Glass is a special present not only for me but for all the people who want to know, from real protagonists, the great history of Biosphere 2. The stories recounted here are extraordinary, beautiful, and dramatic at the same time. A must to read."

      – Antonino Saggio, Professor of Architecture Sapienza University of Rome

      " Life Under Glass tells the story of an important experiment which has contributed to the void of neglecting ecological large-scale issues. These authors are explorers in the very best sense, storytellers at the finest. Life Under Glass hence allows a truly enjoyable read, accompanied by eye-openers directly from the authors' hearts."

      – Dr. Ralf Anken, Head of the Department of Gravitational Biology, German Aerospace Center, Cologne

      "Life Under Glass is a great illustration of human creativity in extreme environments…the biospherian thinking process was an example of the emergence of a noosphere so that technics, or in my terms: art, science, and technology, reinforces life and life reinforces the arts, sciences, and technics in an evolutionary sustainable way."

      – Roger Malina, ArtScience Research, Director ArtSciLab UTDallas, Executive Editor Leonardo Publications, MIT Press.

      "I am convinced that the epoch making experiment, Biosphere 2, will remain an indispensable topic of science education in high schools, colleges, and universities. The pioneering work of the biospherians may one day gain an additional importance for managing the life support systems of "Earth Observatories."

      – Professor Bernd Lötsch, General Director (Emeritus) Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria

       LIFEUNDERGLASS

       SECOND EDITION

       LIFE UNDER GLASS

       Crucial Lessons inPlanetary Stewardship fromTwo Years in Biosphere 2

       Abigail Alling, Mark Nelson, and Sally Silverstone

       FOREWORD BY SYLVIA A. EARLE

      Foreword to the First Edition, Joseph P. Allen

       I LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE

      In the symphony of the biosphere

      ecosystems do their riffs

      the unseen more powerful than the obvious

      we measure and observe;

      the creation lives, Frankensystem or Alice in Ecoland

      there’s a momentum of its own

      the people make decisions but hardly call every tune

      species invade and conquer new lands

      some vanish but their place is soon taken

      this biosphere travels on its stomach

      it’s eat and be eaten

      we work to elbow our way in

      contemplating how many lobsters, lizards,

      goats and people this world can support

      we’re leaner and meaner,

      incredible shrinking biospherians

      healthy and hungry

      it gives an edge to our lives.

      – Mark Nelson, 1992

      © Copyright 2020 by Abigail Alling, Mark Nelson, Sally Silverstone

      Foreword to Second Edition © copyright by Sylvia A. Earle

      Foreword to First Edition © copyright Joseph P. Allen

      Peter Menzel photos © copyright Peter Menzel

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages in reviews.

      Published by Synergetic Press 1 Bluebird Court, Santa Fe, NM 87508 & 24 Old Gloucester St., London, WC1N 3AL England

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Alling, Abigail, author. | Nelson, Mark, 1947- author. | Silverstone, Sally, author.

      Title: Life under glass : crucial lessons in planetary stewardship from two years in Biosphere 2 / Mark Nelson, Abigail Alling, and Sally Silverstone ; foreword to second edition Sylvia A. Earle ; foreword to the first edition, Joseph P. Allen ; introduction to the second edition Mark Nelson, Abigail Alling, and Sally Silverstone.

      Description: Second edition. | Santa Fe : Synergetic Press, [2020] | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020004023 | ISBN