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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>In the 1970s, businessman and philanthropist <a href="/facts/Ed_Bass/k0lsyBlk">Ed Bass</a> was a regular visitor to the counterculture community, later becoming a director of the <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Ecotechnics/7F5FcAXH">Institute of Ecotechnics</a> that Allen and other Synergia Ranch members founded, and financing much of their work.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Theater_of_All_Possibilities/h5CusSzw">Theater of All Possibilities</a> (TOAP) network was based out of Synergia Ranch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In 1984, Bass and Allen launched the <a href="/facts/Biosphere_2/aYgS9PRh">Biosphere 2</a> project (for which Bass provided $150 million in funding until 1991), partially inspired by ideas Allen had advocated at Synergia Ranch, such as <a href="/facts/Buckminster_Fuller/fLvx87hc">Buckminster Fuller</a>'s "<a href="/facts/Spaceship_Earth/VaoyweG0">Spaceship Earth</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Several other former members of Synergia Ranch also joined Biosphere 2.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.synergiaranch.com/">Official site</a></li> <li><a href="http://synergeticpress.com/"><i>Me and the Biosphere</i></a> by John Allen</li> <li><i>Dreaming the Biosphere</i>, by Rebecca Reider, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0826346735</li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Synergia_Ranch¶ms=35_29_27.3_N_106_5_45.6_W_region:US">35°29′27.3″N 106°5′45.6″W / 35.490917°N 106.096000°W / 35.490917; -106.096000</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Glazer, Fred (April 26, 1970). "Theater of All Possibilities Opens South of SF on May 1". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 26. Retrieved February 8, 2023. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118240911/theater-of-all-possibilities-opens/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118240911/theater-of-all-possibilities-opens/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Broad, William J. (September 24, 1991). "As Biosphere Is Sealed, Its Patron Reflects on Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143218/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/science/as-biosphere-is-sealed-its-patron-reflects-on-life.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143218/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/science/as-biosphere-is-sealed-its-patron-reflects-on-life.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Glazer, Fred (April 26, 1970). "Theater of All Possibilities Opens South of SF on May 1". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 26. Retrieved February 8, 2023. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118240911/theater-of-all-possibilities-opens/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118240911/theater-of-all-possibilities-opens/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Broad, William J. (September 24, 1991). "As Biosphere Is Sealed, Its Patron Reflects on Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143218/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/science/as-biosphere-is-sealed-its-patron-reflects-on-life.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143218/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/science/as-biosphere-is-sealed-its-patron-reflects-on-life.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Broad, William J. (September 24, 1991). "As Biosphere Is Sealed, Its Patron Reflects on Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143218/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/science/as-biosphere-is-sealed-its-patron-reflects-on-life.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143218/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/science/as-biosphere-is-sealed-its-patron-reflects-on-life.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>