Online - March 04, 2005

It's a Small World

Ecospheres

You like to consider yourself a dreamer. No, a visionary. A “big picture” person, if you will.

But your plans for world domination always seem to get foiled.

Sometimes you’ve just got to start small. Ditch the delusions of grandeur for Ecospheres — miniature marine environments that delicately balance air, water, and life. Ideal for the megalomaniac, the beautiful glass orbs are sustainable environments (developed by NASA scientists to study our planet’s biosphere) teeming with red shrimp, algae, microbes, and seawater. Each organism provides the necessary components: oxygen, carbon dioxide, food, and waste; all you have to do is give it the proper amount of sunlight. (No green thumb required).

Ecospheres come in four-, five-, six-, or nine-inch orbs (for the pathological egotist). They thrive for two to ten years (for the fatalist), but the manufacturer will replace the organisms at the end of their life cycle (for the idealist).

At last. You’ve got the whole world in your hands.

Available online at brookstone.com.