Ocean Arks International (www.oceanarks.org) is a nonprofit ecological research, education, and technological development organization founded in 1981 by John and Nancy Todd. Their mission is to purify the waters of the earth, develop strategies for living more lightly on the planet, and foster the emergence of a lasting planetary culture.

Ocean Arks is a direct outgrowth of the world-renowned work of the New Alchemy Institute, which the Todds founded in 1970. Today, Ocean Arks continues to explore advancements in such areas as ecological design, Living Machines for treating waste and repairing damaged ecosystems, organic agriculture systems, solar architecture and bio-shelters, land restoration, and promoting ecological literacy. To disseminate the ideas and practice of ecological sustainability throughout the world, Ocean Arks publishes Annals of Earth three times a year.

Ocean Arks is one of the many organizations The Sustainable Village is partnering with to help redesign refugee camps as ecologically sustainable settlements. Click here to learn about this project. If you are interested in learning more about the Ocean Arks, please vist their web site.