PACIFIC-DESIGNED
SUSTAINABLE SEA TRANSPORTATION
OKEANOS MISSION
To implement a Pan-Pacific sustainable sea transportation network of Okeanos Vaka Motus through public service and social entrepreneurship activities, assisting the most vulnerable and remote island communities.
OKEANOS ETHOS
Supporting Pacific Islands’ traditional knowledge as solution, adaptation and mitigation to climate change.
OKEANOS ADVOCACY
Promoting ocean and environmental awareness through professional storytelling including feature films Racing Extinction and The Starchasers.
Building a Pan-Pacific Vaka Network
Our Pacific-designed sailing canoes, ‘vakas,’ use only green sources of energy – wind, sun and coconut biofuel – and operate in 12 Pacific countries.
Okeanos Vaka Motu
Vaka = boat, Motu = island
Boat for inter-islands transportation
Okeanos Vaka Moana
Vaka = boat, Moana = ocean
Boat for the ocean – for cultural revival and high seas voyages
okeanos Pearl
Solar electric catamaran
Boat for noiseless inter-lagoon transportation