LET'S SAVE THE OCEANS: Savons nos océans!

A vision for our future.

For the last few decades, people have been warned that our natural environment is degrading under the pressures of rising human populations and the consequences of too many people using our fi nite natural
resources. Pollution, exploitation, and climate change are some of many serious issues that face humanity.
As one of last surviving members of the Cousteau team aboard Calypso still exploring the oceans, Jean-Michel is the critical link between the past world of pioneering adventure and uncharted underwater discovery, and the current degrading state of our oceans, our environment, and our planet. He provides a fluid personal narrative, engaging readers with
his optimism and life experience that lends itself to discussions and explanations about these serious issues as they are approached and understood through his lifetime. Jean-Michel offers an optimistic view of the world even in the midst of environmental devastation brought on by humans: it is not a story of humanity's doom, but of our unprecedented opportunity in human history to choose the course of our future.
Throughout his lifetime of exploring the world, Jean-Michel has a single, powerful truth: we are the sea. We are made from the same life force of nature that drives all living creatures on our planet to survive and persevere against the odds. The beauty, creativity and resilience we fi nd in nature exist within us too. Our future is entirely up to us, and that alone is a powerful message.

JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU
Explorer, diplomat for the environment, educator, and fi lm producer, Jean-Michel Cousteau has communicated his love and concern for our planet to people of all nations and generations for more
than four decades. The son of ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Jean-Michel founded Ocean Futures Society in 1999 to carry on this pioneering work and to honor his heritage. He is the author of My father, the Captain (l'Archipel, 2004).