Celebrating John ‘Dolphin’ Allen, pioneer in biospherics, inventor of Biosphere 2.

May 6, 2022 marks John ‘Dolphin’ Allen’s 93rd birthday, and we’re celebrating with an offer to save 40% on many of his books including the award-winning Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2. Enter Allen40 at checkout to claim your discount. This sale is for physical books only. Offer ends May 13, 2022.

To learn more about John, click here. To listen to reading from Me and the Biospheres and to watch other videos of him, click here.

About John P. Allen

A poet, playwright, savant, and inventor and co-founder of Biosphere II, Allen is an expert in mining and metallurgy, as well as high finance, this restless graduate of Colorado School of Mines and Harvard Business School simply could not accept the state of civilization ‘as is’ and took to a life of adventure, exploring the cultures and biomes of our planet and returning to spearhead work groups that would develop the foundations for what he calls, “synergetic civilization.”

Building on the experiences and esoteric transmissions acquired through his world travels, Allen and his cohorts began in the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1967 with the “Theater of All Possibilities’ acting group and would go on to develop ‘eco-technic’ enterprises, referred to as ‘synergias’ all around the world.

The short list includes:

• Synergia Ranch (organic farm, orchard, adobe construction company and more) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Synergetic Press is based
• Research Vessel Heraclitus (a ferro-cement ship, based on the design of a Chinese Junk, that has seen 18 expeditions)
• October Gallery in London, UK (home of the ‘transvangarde’ art movement)
• Vajra Hotel in Katmandu, Birdwood Downs ranch in Australia, Las Casas de la Selva sustainable forestry project in Puerto Rico
• Institute of Ecotechnics, a financial sponsor of Synergetic Press, which has held annual conferences on pressing ecological concerns at the highest level since the early 1970s
• Biosphere II closed systems experiment in Oracle, Arizona that took place in the early 90’s

John is currently based at Synergia Ranch in Santa Fe. Though he spends the majority of his time writing, he still travels Spaceship Earth yearly to visit and inspire the synergias that he worked so hard to seed. Happy Birthday Johnny, we will always be grateful for your tireless work and living inspiration!