Jean-Michel Cousteau



Jean-Michel Cousteau

Jean-Michel Cousteau is an explorer, environmentalist, educator and film producer.

As a child, Cousteau dreamed of building cities under the sea, and studied architecture before serving for 20 years as executive Vice-President of his father Jacques’ Cousteau Society. Eventually, Jean-Michel left this position to make his own environmentalist documentaries. In 1999 he founded the Ocean Futures Society, a marine conservation and education organization that emphasizes the relationship between humans and the ocean and advocates for responsible environmental policy. Cousteau’s documentary Voyage to Kure inspired George W. Bush to establish one of the largest marine protected areas in the world.

Cousteau has also been an advocate and an entrepreneur in the field of ecotourism. Jean-Michel Couseau Fiji Islands Resort is a model of environmentally and culturally responsible tourism. He also established the Ambassadors of the Environment program at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Hawaii. In 1998 Cousteau received the Environmental Hero award from then Vice President Al Gore.

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