Sat 20 Feb 93 9:10 By: ALLAN BALLIETT Re: New Alchemy/Ocean Arks Here's documentation from the founder himself, John Todd, that New Alchemy is dead, but the spirit goes on living and WORKING towards a sustainable future! ================================================== January 1 993 Dear Friends of New Alchemy As you know, last summer the New Alchemy Institute officially closed its doors. You may also know, however, that neither the vision nor the work that began there have been lost. With the founding of Ocean Arks International in 1983. there began a new phase in the research and implementation of the ideas that first took form at New Alchemy. Like New Alchemy, Ocean Arks was founded by John Todd and Nancy Jack Todd and is a nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of the thinking and the technologies fundamental to a sustainable future. Drawing on what we learned of the ecology of aquatic ecosystems at New Alchemy, we since have created a family of living technologies that now are restoring waters polluted by human and industrial wastes to drinking water standards. Working through The Center for the Restoration of waters at Ocean Arks, we have created one of the most advanced ecologically engineered waste treatment systems in the world which, after a few years of extensive verification, is now legally permitted in two states. We have begun to restore a highly polluted pond in Massachusetts w ith our new floating Living Machine, Lake Restorer 1, opening a channel for its use on water bodies the world over. Our Providence, RI and Marion, Me research facilities have been making ground-breaking discoveries in purifying industrial and toxic wastes. We have demonstrated, on a laboratory scale, that Living Machines can break down such highly toxic wastes as those found in Chattanooga Creek, for which we have attracted the attention of Vice President-elect Al Gore. We have also received continuing support from Congressman Gerry Studds and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Joe Kennedy and Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island, to name a few, giving us a strong vote of encouragement with the political leaders in Washington. Our education program is reaching professionals and students with courses in ecological design skills, aquaculture, food production, waste treatment and environmental repair. Recently, we were granted the Discover Award for Technological Innovation and the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award by President Bush. We have managed not only to survive but to move ahead with these developments during a period when the environment was a low priority in the eyes of government and most industry. But we have done so at the cost of incurring considerable debt believing that the ideas were too important to let die. Now, with the renewed promise of the incoming administration and because of your support for New Alchemy over the years, we are again turning to you to ask you to remain a part of keeping its mission alive. If you were willing, each of you could help us in some way. It would be wonderful if you would consider any of the following suggestions: 1. Contribute towards a debt reduction fund or to our general support. 2. Help us to create an endowment, which would secure a future for our work. 3. Help us find customers/clients in industry and in various communities who need help cleaning up pollution and repairing environments. Living Machines can upgrade drinking water reservoirs, restore polluted water bodies and purify wastewaters. 4. Help spread the word. Subscribe to our publication, "Annals of Earth" an updated equivalent of the old "Journals of the New Alchemists " . 1992 was a tough year for us. Salaries weren't always paid, yet our morale remained high. We are a committed and talented organization - dedicated to the Earth and to the training of its stewards. We are ready with the skills and technologies to make things happen. It is our hope that there will be a new environmental agenda over the next decade and we want to play a key role in it. Please help us. Sincerely, John Todd, president P.S. Your contribution is tax deductible. We now accept MC/VISA and American Express. ================================================== Annals of Earth The exchange of ideas feeds the roots of new thought. To this end the Center for the Restoration of Waters publishes "Annals of Earth" to disseminate the ideas and practice of ecological sustainability throughout the world. It seeks, through written communication, to foster the emergence of a new global culture. Published 3 times yearly, "Annals" has an international roster of scholarly, philosophical and ecological writers who deal with planetary issues from a wide range of perspectives. While "Annals" covers and chronicles the Center's activities, it also publishes articles that range in subject from the philosophy of ecology, basic biology, hands on environmental projects, to the Gaia Hypothesis. Distributed world-wide, "Annals" is an intellectual forum for the presentation of leading edge environmental thought. A Publication Of Ocean Arks International and the Lindisfarne Association Volume X, Number 2, 1992 $? Contribution $15 Student/unwaged member $30 Individual member $35 Canadian member $ 40 Foreign member $ 50 Family member $100 Supporting member $1000 Patron member Membership includes subscription to "Annals", course announcements and contributes to the work of OAI. Please make checks payable to Ocean Arks International. We now accept MC/VISA & American Express. To renew by phone, please call 508-510-6801. A Publication of Ocean Arks International and The Lindisfarne Association OCEAN ARKS INTERNATIONAL * Origin: The Twilight Clone (1:109/70.914)