oh, my gosh, so biosphere 2 was actually an inspiration for world view, so when we were in the biosphereeople in there had, was the experience of really being part of our biosphere, and you really get this sense of the unity of the biosphere that we are in, that is on such a huge scale, but in normal life we can't even imagine it, really. and it's a very similar idea to the experience that astronauts having the earth from space, and it was that experience that we wanted to give people, because of the experience that we've had in the biosphere. so i guess it's easy to imagine that we are all looking at you guys in the biosphere, but i suppose you're looking out from a unique vantage point as well. that is right, so both truths are true, so we had people walk around the outside of the biosphere, and i got e—mails from people who said, i get it now! i've been hearing about the fact that this planet is a finite place for so many years, and i never understood until i walked around this miniature version of our planet. and suddenly i got it, i could see its boundaries, i knew that you guys tha

it's based on the experience of biosphere, biosphere 2 in arizona in the early 90s. you have really drawn a picture that is similar to, but, in so many ways, different from the real thing. - well, thank you. when the biosphere 2 experiment first happened in 91 through 93 northeast of tucson, i was fascinated by this. like most of the public, i clipped out all the articles. i thought, this is right up my alley because as you know, evan, i often write about ecological concerns. for those who don't know, a friendly texas billionaire-- - ed bass. - ed bass put up the money to create a new world. 3.15 acres, 3800 species of plants and insects, four men, four women, to be sealed inside for two years. this was the first closure of a projected 50 so this would go on for 100 years. the whole point is, nasa is still after this, by the way, is could we create another biosphere, other than the one we live in here, in the event that this one should collapse, which it sure looks like it's happening right now-- - honestly, it's about 50/50 isn't it? - exactly, or a mars colony, or

oh, my gosh, so biosphere 2 was actually an inspiration for world view, so when we were in the biosphereense of the unity of the biosphere that we are in, that is on such a huge scale, but in normal life we can't even imagine it, really. and it's a very similar idea to the experience that astronauts having the earth from space, and it was that experience that we wanted to give people, because of the experience that we've had in the biosphere. so i guess it's easy to imagine that we are all looking at you guys in the biosphere, but i suppose you're looking out from a unique vantage point as well. that is right, so both truths are true, so we had people walk around the outside of the biosphere, and i got e—mails from people who said, i get it now! i've been hearing about the fact that this planet is a finite place for some many years, and i never understood until i walked around this miniature version of our planet. and suddenly i got it, i could see its boundaries, i knew that you guys that were living inside only had what you had in there, which is exactly the same as we have right here

unesco declared it a biosphere reserve in 2012. a lot has changed since then, especially when it comes to attitudes about plastic waste. ♪ >> "leve, leve" -- "take it easy," as they say in principe. but not when it comes to environmental protection. 24-year-old cileine fernandes has a long hot day ahead of her. >> good morning. i've come for the plastic bottles. it's exchange day today. so how's it going? is everything ready? >> a lot of bottles have piled up in her grandmother's back yard. every couple of months it's time to get rid of them. >> aren't there any more lying around? we've got to collect the whole lot. >> the bottles are valuable because they can be exchanged. >> everybody wants the biosphere bottles. it really motivates the kids more than anything. they collect as many as they can, so you hardly see any lying in the streets now. >> everyone wants to trade in their bottles. the lucky ones can hop onboard for a ride, the most popular means of getting around here anyway. it's busy at the collection site and stays that w

fernandes works for the biosphere reserve and helps with the counting.he main cause of the glut of plastic bottles is the palm oil used for cooking here. there's a collection every couple of months. a total of 450,000 bottles have been collected so far. 50 plastic bottles can be exchanged for one made of stainless steel. many of the people in line already have a collection of the metal bottles at home. >> i fill the bottle with water so i have something to drink at school. >> what's your name, sweetheart? >> they have to have exactly 50 plastic bottles. >> what color do you want, red or gold? if you bring me 10 more plastic bottles, you'll get another one, ok? >> we've already got four tons of plastic stored up on the main island, sao tome. a logistics company is helping us tackle it. it takes the plastic to lisbon free of charge, and two recycling companies there are willing to deal with it all. >> it wasn't easy to find them. no one was willing to pick up the island nation's garbage. the exchange program costs about 30,000 euros to run annually. and in

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if you had a city test case for your ideas, biosphere ii and took all your theories and applied themle and waited 50 years, that would be fair to say this is referendum on your ideas. if you wound up with place like detroit, cleveland, toledo, there are other factors, liberal ideas, governing ideas are part of it, they all failed, it would be fair to say maybe you should reassess your ideas, wouldn't it? it would be. abby: great point, tucker. you're doing so great at night. happy new year. of the coming up the video will send chills down your spine of any parent. this is such a crazy story. a toddler being crushed as you can see by a fallen bookshelf. the twin brother desperately trying to save him. this story has a happy ending. you have to see it to believe it. steve: meanwhile years democrats whined president obama couldn't get anything done but now are they doing the same thing the trump administration is coming into power? we'll talk about that live in new york city. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ imagine what you wear every day actually making your body feel better. i'm boomer esiason, and tha