In 1981, Dr. John and Nancy Jack Todd, as a continuation of their work with New Alchemy Institute, founded Ocean Arks International (OAI). OAI is on a mission to foster the revival of international water quality and create an ecological design science and practice that is adaptable to any geographic, social or economic condition in the world. They are convinced that this mission can be accomplished from within the current economic paradigm and result in a reduction of humankind's negative footprint on the earth by ninety percent.