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John Todd
John Todd is an internationally recognized biologist, the author of more than 200 technical and popular articles on biology and planetary stewardship, and is considered a global leader in the field of ecological water purification. He is the cofounder of several foundations and companies with ecological missions:
The New Alchemy Institute, founded in 1969, has evolved into The Green Center, Inc., on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a nonprofit educational institute with aims to support ecologically derived forms of energy, agriculture, aquaculture, housing, and landscapes.
Ocean Arks International, of which Todd is the president, is a nonprofit ecological research, education, and technological development organization founded in 1981 with the mission "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."
Living Technologies, Inc. uses principles of ecological design and environmental engineering to design and operate revolutionary treatment facilities known as Living Machines™—their goal is to create simple, cost effective, and aesthetically pleasing systems for the treatment and reclamation of water. Body Shop locations in Ontario and the UK, the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, Mars Incorporated, and the Oceanside Waste Treatment Facility in San Francisco are among their clients. Living Technologies has the largest number of completed projects in the field of ecological water purification.
"From where I stand," writes John Todd, "ecological design and ecological engineering are about as radical a discipline as you can get. Because what they say at the very outset is that human beings are going to be partners with other life forms…. Ecological engineering has the potential to transform how we run our society…to create living machines that will generate the fuels we will need in the future, that will transform our wastes, culture our foods, regulate our climate, and integrate our buildings with the larger world."
Todd has been the recipient of many accolades and awards. Most recently he was profiled in Inventing Modern America, a publication of the Lemelson-MIT Program for Invention and Innovation. He received an honorary doctorate from Green Mountain College in 2000 and the Bioneers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Todd and his wife, Nancy Jack Todd, received the Lindbergh Award in 1998, in recognition of their work in technology and the environment. In the late 1990s, Todd won two EPA awards in for his innovations with Living Machines.
His books include: The Village as Solar Ecology; Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address; Reinhabiting Cities and Towns: Designing for Sustainability; and Eco-Cities to Living Machines. He is currently a professor at the University of Vermont and serves on a number of environmental and technical boards. |
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