The Amazing Live Eco-Sphere
Somehow I ended up on the catalog list for Viva Terra, "inspired green giving." Inside the mailing this season, I found the "Living Ecosphere."
Surrounded on the page by silver ornaments and gold bracelets on the page, the Living Ecosphere was a glass, water-filled egg. It cost $89.
An entire self-sustaining ecosystem thrives within this attractive hand-blown glass sphere: Plants, live shrimp, algae, and micro-organisms. It requires only indirect light and moderate temperatures, and offers hours of fascinating viewing. Each EcoSphere comes with a handbook that explains how it works and how to care for it.
That's right, wealthy green people. You've paid $89 for sea monkeys.
