Post on 30-Jun-2015
description
Biosphere 2
John Allen and Margaret Augus5ne
BACKGROUND
• 3.15 acres in Oracle, Az. • Space Biosphere Ventures • Biosphere 1 = earth • 1987-‐1991 • Experiment about interac5ons in nature as well as space coloniza5on
• Failure as an environmental as well as social experiment
SMALL SCALE, LARGE RANGE
CONTROLLED, WILD
CLOSED vs. OPEN ECOSYSTEM
A CLIMATE FOR HUMANS