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<p>New page: Mark Nelson was one of the eight-person biospherian crew in the 2 year closure experiment in Biosphere 2, 1991-93. He is Chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics (I.E.), USA and UK, and on...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Mark Nelson was one of the eight-person biospherian crew in the 2 year<br /> closure experiment in Biosphere 2, 1991-93. He is Chairman of the<br /> Institute of Ecotechnics (I.E.), USA and UK, and one of its founding<br /> directors along with John Allen and William Dempster. From 1970, Mark<br /> headed up the garden and orchard program at I.E.&#039;s first demonstration<br /> project in Santa Fe, Synergia Ranch, developing methods of soil erosion<br /> control and soil improvement. He was the first general manager of<br /> I.E&#039;.s tropical savannah regeneration project in the Kimberley of<br /> Northwest Australia. After Biosphere 2, he earned a Ph.D. in<br /> Environmental Engineering Sciences, under renowned systems ecologist,<br /> H.T. Odum. Mark further developed the Biosphere 2 constructed wetland<br /> system into &quot;Wastewater Gardens&quot; technology, now implemented worldwide.<br /> He is active in the international space science community, associate<br /> editor of the journal Advances in Space Research, and a vice-chairman of<br /> the closed ecological system section of COSPAR (the International<br /> Committee of Space Research).<br /> <br /> Mark Nelson, Ph.D.<br /> <br /> Chairman, Institute of Ecotechnics, http://www.ecotechnics.edu<br /> <br /> Head, Biospheric Design Division, Global Ecotechnics Corporation,<br /> http://www.biosphericdesign.com<br /> <br /> Director, Wastewater Gardens International, http://www.wastewatergardens.com</div>

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