Jean-Michel Cousteau
Jean -Michel Cousteau and his partner, 2007
Jean -Michel Cousteau ( born May 6, 1938) is a diver, a film producer and the first son of ocean explorer Jacques -Yves Cousteau and his first wife Simone Melchior.
His first dive he took in 1945 at the age of 7 years with a regulator. In more than four decades, Jean- Michel was used as a researcher, environmentalist, educator and film producer his extensive experience to show people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet.
During his numerous trips he gave much of his life with his family aboard the Calypso and Alcyone the public award. After his mother in 1990, a dispute in which one end of the apparent cooperation with his father 's death, Jean- Michel founded in 1999, the Ocean Futures Society.
The Ocean Futures Society is to represent as a protection and training organizations a "voice for the ocean " by promoting a " conservation ethic " and develops marine education programs. Cousteau has produced more than 70 films and won an Emmy and a Peabody Award.
The he produced new documentary series " Ocean Adventures " was released in 2006 and had far-reaching effects. An episode of the series "Journey to Kure " suggested the 43rd President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, to provide the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument under special nature, thus creating the largest marine reserve in the world.
Recent documentaries
Jean -Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society, KQED and PBS are continuing their production of a new ocean adventure series for 2007 and 2008. In October 2006, began Cousteau and his discovery team, which also includes his son Fabien and daughter Céline belongs to rotate along the Amazon '.
Twenty years ago, scientists said devastation and irreversible environmental damage ahead in this river delta and 25 years ago traveled Jean- Michel Cousteau and his father with their teams to complete Amazon along. At that time the journey for documentation and learning purposes served, but today to reassess the serious changes that have arisen in the earth 's largest river system.