1. You can buy an Ecosphere by mail order.

2. In its fragile immortality, the Ecosphere just sits there.

3. Naturalist Peter Warshall, who owns one of the first Ecospheres, keeps it perched on his bookshelf.

4. The larger an Ecosphere is, the longer it takes to stabilize, and the harder it is to kill it.

5. Many in search of a new spirituality are discovering Animism to offer a world view that is naturally connected to the earth, nature, and broader ecosphere.