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 'Kulo-Luna' and 'Dire Straits Gibraltar' sequel

This website is to do with all things sustainable on planet earth, to educate and influence those who will go out into the world to find new cures, develop new machines and processes, and maybe even explore new worlds. Man has come a long way - but still has a way to go - and you can help just by caring.

Sustainability is about protecting life as we know it. In order to do that we have to understand where we have come from, where we are, and where we want to be in 50 or 500 years. But, humans don't think that far ahead. Politicians are generally behind the curve with elections quick fixes, catastrophic short term steerage - pandering to big businesses. But it is proven that if you make enough noise, people power can influence world leaders. Even where police states are doing their utmost to silence critics - as in the UK - a so-called enlightened country, where the right to protest peacefully has been taken away. Enter the cost of living crisis & rampant climate change. Politicians remain unaccountable, so do not have to balance the books with nature, on their borrowing merry-go-round, that raises national debts past the point of realistic repayment. Effectively, bankrupting their country - and globally warming (roasting) us all into the bargain.

Enter John Storm. A fictional skipper of an intelligent, zero emission vessel, and a staunch ocean conservationist and true Solar Navigator. Hell bent on righting a few wrongs during his awareness adventures - as a progressive thought leader and defender of life on earth.

 Stand alone adventures

OCEAN AWARENESS MOVIE POTENTIAL

From 'Cleaner Ocean Foundation,' champions of clean energy and cleaner seas since 2003, comes a captivating collection of film adventures that we hope will awaken your inner conservationist. They are an urgent call to action, woven into a thrilling cinematic universe. At present a growing series of scripts, looking for talented producers and directors - to make their movie magic. Supporting these stories will help us to construct a hydrogen powered ship as a real world floating demonstrator.

THE HEROES

Meet Captain John Storm, a rugged ocean adventurer who inherited more than a ship. With his solar and hydrogen-powered trimaran, the Elizabeth Swann, and its advanced AI, HAL, he navigates the world's most perilous waters and confronts our greatest threats. From melting polar ice caps to the curse of ancient pirates, each tale is a high-stakes race to save the planet.

 'Sectasaur' and 'The Swarm' sequel

 'CyberWars WW3' and 'Rule of the Replicants' sequel

 'SpaceArk™ Moon Mission' and 'SpaceArk Red Genesis Mars Mission' sequel

(under development for 2026)

THE JOHN STORM ADVENTURES: A CINEMATIC UNIVERSE WITH A CONSCIENCE

Kulo-Luna: A majestic humpback whale and a daring eco-adventurer team up to outsmart whalers and combat the silent killer of plastic pollution. A powerful, emotional story that will have you rooting for the most unlikely of heroes.

Dire Straits Gibraltar: Kulo-Luna sequel NEW for 2025. Orcas are sinking boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Kuna, daughter of Kulo-Luna hears the call of the deep, to join the protesting cetaceans, who plan to sink a tanker dumping toxic waste.

Operation Neptune - Atlantis: Activists framed for protesting oil leaks escape prison, hijack a faulty nuclear sub, and expose corruption through a daring Atlantic chase. Eco-hero John Storm and his AI-powered trimaran outwit the Navy, leading to a courtroom reckoning that turns the tide.

Blackbeard's Curse and Pirates Gold: Blackbeard's Curse and Pirates Gold: In the hunt for Blackbeard's legendary pirate's treasure, marine archaeologist, John Storm must solve a centuries-old riddle, with a clue from Henry Morgan and an old map. A thrilling blend of history, mystery, and modern-day piracy in the Caribbean.

Cleopatra Curse: From the sands of ancient Egypt to a futuristic world of cloning and bio-engineering, the Queen of the Nile returns to reclaim her legacy and guide humanity toward a more enlightened future. An epic story of rebirth, power, and destiny.

Sectasaur: As the Antarctic ice melts, it unleashes a prehistoric terror. Captain Storm's mission to support a research expedition becomes a fight for survival against a monstrous, bio-engineered threat from the deep past. A pulse-pounding horror-thriller that proves some secrets should stay buried.

Sectasaur The Swarm: Sequel NEW for 2025, as the Antarctic ice melts, it unleashes another prehistoric terror. Captain Storm's mission to support a research expedition becomes a fight for survival against a monstrous, bio-engineered threat from the deep past. A pulse-pounding horror-thriller that proves some secrets should stay buried.

The Holy Compass: Science meets faith in a quest to harness a device of biblical power. Good Samaritans, Captain Storm and HAL, cure an ailing Pope of cancer, hailed as a technological miracle, by the Pontiff. While the Crimson Synod race to use ancient relics to bring a second coming. 

CyberWars WW3: Iranian extremists plot to rise from the ashes of a post apocalyptic nuclear holocaust, to rule planet earth.

Rule of the Replicants: Sequel NEW for 2025 Rescues hostages from Cyberwars, break their promise to John Storm, plotting to rule planet earth forever as political vampires, clones, of themselves.

SpaceArk™ Moon Mission: In a future dominated by mega-corporations and resource depletion, the Swann, is adapted by a brilliant but disgraced aerospace engineer, for a mission to the Moon. John Storm's mission is to conduct the first DNA survey of an ancient, geological site. The secret nature of the mission draws attention from a powerful corporate rival. 

SpaceArk™ Red Genesis Mars Mission: Pulled out of seclusion to command the upgraded Swann II, on a mission to the red planet. John Storm and Cleopatra are funded by the world's first trillionaire, Musket Meloni, with NASA, on a quest to survey an ancient buried site, bearing the hallmarks of ancient Egypt and the pyramids.

COVER ART - A proposed graphic novel could be published in three issues. 

Sustainability is about caring for life and the planet we live on. This takes many forms. We are concerned about climate change and extinction. We are worried about poverty, hunger and disease. For these reasons we follow the latest trends and report on subjects from a positive point of view.

This site began as a project to send a fifty foot boat around the world on solar power. The objectives were noble in 1995 and many years ahead of their time. Then in May of 2012 the Turanor PlanetSolar completed the first solar powered circumnavigation, proving the concept.

Since then wind turbines and solar panel rooftops have become everyday sights, generating far cheaper energy than coal, gas or, radiation deadly, nuclear. Electric cars are now a reality in every showroom. We are though concerned about the almost complete lack of infrastructure for electric vehicles that has to be addressed - by statute - to accelerate take up to get anywhere near Paris targets. And we are supporters of affordable, zero carbon housing, but are in a minority, because the lack of profit is a disincentive to conventional builders.

Robotics and computers can help us in all of these quests - such as for ocean regeneration duties, to help restore our precious seas to their former state and to prevent over-fishing from degrading our oceans further. Our oceans provide oxygen, food security, and allow us to transport goods internationally for the good of the global economy. Blue growth is therefore vital to the health of planet earth and an area of human advancement that needs all of our attention, along with medical research searching for cures for cancer and other diseases.

Thank you for visiting us; live long and prosper. COF Ltd

THE CORN EXCHANGE, BRIGHTON DOME - Leo Perrin is the Youth Project Lead at the Cleaner Ocean Foundation - a not for profit R&D organisation. This is an amateur video of a short presentation given on the 13th of June 2024 about the 'green hydrogen' powered Elizabeth Swann - a zero carbon trimaran around 44 meters in length. Bristling with state of the art tech. This talk (only his second) was given at the launch of the 'Sussex Bay' re-wilding project, a brilliant initiative to conserve around 100 miles of Sussex coastline, supported by many authorities and like minded concerns.