John Todd (Canadian biologist)

This article is about the biologist working in the field of ecological design. For the biologist working on diabetes, see John Todd (British biologist).
For other people with the same name, see John Todd (disambiguation).
John Todd
Born1939 (age 84–85)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Alma materMcGill University, University of Michigan
AwardsChrysler Award for Innovation in Design, 1994; Environmental Merit Award, 1996; Bioneers Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998; Buckminster Fuller Challenge, 2008
Scientific career
FieldsEcological design
InstitutionsNew Alchemy Institute, Ocean Arks International, University of Vermont, John Todd Ecological Design Inc.

John Todd (born 1939) is a Canadian biologist working in the general field of ecological design. He addresses problems of food production and wastewater processing by using ecosystems technologies that incorporate plants, animals and bacteria.[1] Todd has developed "Arks" or "bioshelters",[2] ecologically closed "life-support systems"[2] with the goal of sustainable functioning. He combines alternative technologies for renewable energy, organic farming, aquaculture, hydroponics and architecture[2] to create "living machines"[3][4][5] or "eco-machines".[6]

John Todd is a co-founder with Nancy Jack Todd of the non-profits New Alchemy Institute (1969–1991)[7] and Ocean Arks International (1981),[8][9][10] and the founder and president of the design and engineering firm John Todd Ecological Design Inc. (1989).[11] A research professor emeritus and distinguished lecturer at the University of Vermont,[12] Todd has published books on ecological design, as well as over 200 scientific papers, popular articles and essays.[1]

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  2. ^ a b c Eardley-Pryor, Roger (2017). "Love, Peace, and Technoscience". Distillations. 3 (2): 38–41.
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  4. ^ Trim, Henry (2016). "A Quest for Permanence: The Ecological Visioneering of John Todd and the New Alchemy Institute". In Kaiser, David; McCray, W. Patrick (eds.). Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation, and American Counterculture. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-37291-4.
  5. ^ Todd, John; Brown, Erica J.G; Wells, Erik (October 2003). "Ecological design applied" (PDF). Ecological Engineering. 20 (5): 421–440. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2003.08.004. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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  7. ^ "New Alchemy Institute Institution – Cape Cod, USA 1969 – 1991". Spatial Agency. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Nancy Jack Todd". Buckminster Fuller Institute. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ^ Hannum, Hildegarde. "Introduction". Schumacher Center for a New Economics. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ Lerner, Steve (2005). "John Todd: Greenhouse treatment of municipal sewage". Eco-pioneers : practical visionaries solving today's environmental problems. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. pp. 47–66. ISBN 9780262621243. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Who we are". John Todd Ecological Design Inc. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Ecological engineer John Todd to lecture April 11". Skidmore. April 7, 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2018.