After the release of the book Views on the Mediterranean, the Plongez! editions – for educational sharing purposes – wanted to donate numerous copies to various schools and colleges in Hyères and the Frédéric Mistral College in Bormes les Mimosas.
A meeting between Hervé Colombini, co-author of the book, member of the Déclic Bleu Méditerranée association, and Claude Mathieu, a science teacher at Frédéric Mistral College, set the stage – through the distribution of the book to all 8th-grade students and the 30 eco-delegates – for an intervention by the author in the college’s amphitheater in connection with the school curriculum on marine biodiversity and human environmental impacts.
In parallel, Mrs. El Bouazizi, a Plastic Arts teacher, within her 8th-grade program in which photography is studied, enabled her students to engage on topics such as animal photography, various techniques for underwater shots, or the choice of images for their projects.
Following preliminary synthesis work on questions conducted by the students and teachers, numerous topics were able to be addressed. Hervé Colombini shared his passion and experience with a young audience already very aware of environmental issues. For the students, the work will continue and be finalized at the end of the year with the production of various informational materials: exhibitions, slideshows…