Dr. Mark Nelson is Chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics and has worked for several decades in closed ecological system research, bioregenerative space life support, ecological engineering, restoration of damaged ecosystems, desert agriculture and wastewater recycling. Dr. Nelson was a member of the eight person “biospherian” crew for the first two year closure experiment, 1991-1993, and served as Director of Space and Environmental Applications for the project which included pioneering regenerative agriculture and waste and water recycling. In the 1970s, he planted an organic fruit orchard at Synergia Ranch, Santa Fe NM and has helped manage its organic fruit and vegetable farm for decades. Mark is an Associate Editor of Life Sciences in Space Research. His books include “Pushing Our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2” (2018) and “The Wastewater Gardener: Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time” (2014).
www.marknelsonbiospherian.com; www.ecotechnics.edu; www.wastewatergardens.com
Spaceship Earth
Take a look at a new film featuring Mark Nelson and his experiences in Biosphere II, titled ‘Spaceship Earth’.
Spaceship Earth is the true, stranger-than-fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent two years quarantined inside of a self-engineered replica of Earth’s ecosystem called BIOSPHERE 2. The experiment was a worldwide phenomenon, chronicling daily existence in the face of life threatening ecological disaster and a growing criticism that it was nothing more than a cult. The bizarre story is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful lesson of how a small group of dreamers can potentially reimagine a new world.
