Hence why the research project / tourist attraction is called biosphere 2 _____ From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of unixprgrmr01@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:54 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Most fun in Arizona? Hey folks... The earth is a biosphere... Form does indeed follow function!!! Lynn On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: if you're into this kind of thing you may also want to check out Arcosanti: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosanti not sure what the current status of the place is and whether its open to visitors. -jmz On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:16 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > On Sat, 16 May 2009, Eric Shubert wrote: > >> If you're in the area, you might want to check out Biosphere II >> (http://www.b2science.org/visitor-tours.html). Haven't done this one myself. > > I considered Biosphere a big fat nothing and with nothing > around it as a fallback worth seeing [a wasted trip to a > worthless stop]; much better to stay in town, and take the > time to spend a half-day at Taliesin West > > http://www.franklloydwright.org/t_west.html > > If you take the time to read a bit about Frank Lloyd Wright > and his work first and check out a 'coffee table' book or two > first, you'll probably be able to convice the tour leader to > let you 'hang back' and drink in the energy in the building. > Next trip I'll probably do the 'Behind the Scenes' trip. > > I talking my way into being able to self guide this way at > the Oak Park home of Wright a couple weeks ago, and found that > well worthwhile. > > -- Russ herrold > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Best Regards, Lynn P. Tilby Ph: 480 632-8635 unixprgrmr01@gmail.com