Environmentalist

“Know, Love, Protect”

“Know, Love, Protect” was a slogan that Cousteau used and he said is exactly what happened to him with the oceanic world. As he explored and got to know the ocean he fell in love with in and wanted to protect it. This is how he became interested in environmentalist issues. He speaks about issues such as nuclear waste and oil pollution.

Cousteau was involved in the moment to prevent the dumping of French atomic waste into the Mediterranean Sea, a battle with a victorious outcome. He also addressed the first World Oceanic Congress on the issue of keeping the ocean clean and stopping pollution.

Cousteau said that the largest issue at hand is that the Earths resources are limited. There aren’t enough products on the plant to support everyone and that he problem is overpopulation. He had a mathematic equation that the came up with, having rough standers for an American citizen, and found that there weren’t enough resources to support all the people on the planet now, let alone in a few years. And the most disconcerting thing is that we continue to destroy the resources that we have left.