At the heart of major ecological questions, the ocean is highlighted during this 14th edition of the Ecology Book and Press Festival taking place in Paris (also known as Félipé). Established in 2003 with the aim of bringing culture and ecology together, this festival puts in contact, for two days, curious individuals, media and publishing world actors, independent artists, and associations for marine environmental defense and education for this edition…
Debates, activities, workshops, and conferences will address scientific research (abysses, sea level rise, acidification, waste, corals, biodiversity, oil exploitation…), human activities (food, cultural and sports activities, sustainable fishing) and of course literature (islands, travels, adventures, piracy, novels, science…).
The festival’s preview, held on Thursday, September 15, 2016, began with a conference bringing together Claire Nouvian (journalist, president and founder of the association Bloom, François Sarano (oceanographer, diver, president and founder of the association Longitude 181 Nature) and Christophe Mandereau (fromExpédition Med).
The entire conference is available on video ici.
The program
The associations forumThis space is dedicated to associations, which will welcome participants at their stands to present their activities and offer animations:
• Bloom
• Greenpeace
• Sea Shepherd
• Surfrider
• Zero Waste
• Tara ExpéditionAnd many others…The conferencesSaturday, October 8
– 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: “ The ocean, a world to protect “, hosted by Marie Lescroart, science journalist, featuring Marjolaine Matabos, abyss specialist and researcher at Ifremer, and André Abreu, environment and climate manager of Tara Expéditions.
– 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: “ The ocean, pollution and us ”, hosted by Marie Lescroart, with Henry Augier, professor, specialist in pollution issues, notably red muds in the Mediterranean, and Maëlle Cappello from the association Zero Waste France.
Sunday, October 9
– 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: “ For sustainable fishing ”, carte blanche to Frédéric Le Manach, scientific director of Bloom.The meetingsSaturday, October 8
– 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: carte blanche to François Sarano, oceanographer, diver, scientific advisor to Commander Cousteau, co-author of the film “Oceans” and founding president of the association Longitude 181 Nature.
Sunday, October 9
– 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: comics and ecology: Wilfrid Lupano will talk about his comic “ An Ocean of Love ”, here’s the summary: every morning, Monsieur goes fishing off the Brittany coast. But that day, he is caught by a frightening factory ship. Meanwhile, Madame waits. Deaf to the lamentations of the bigoudènes, convinced her man is alive, she sets out to find him. It’s the beginning of a perilous chase across a turbulent ocean.The screeningsSunday, October 9
– 3:30 PM: “ Abysses, the alliances of the deep ” – Ifremer
– 5:00 PM: “ Humans, the climate, and the sea ” – Tara ExpéditionsThe workshops and showSaturday, October 8
– 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: the seaweed enthusiasts and the AMAP Poiscaille invite you to discover sea products, with an intervention by Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France.
– 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: who knows the siphonophores? Come discover them with the Bloom association team and try to answer their questions about the ocean.
– 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: musical show, “Underwater Symphonies”, a wonderful tale imagined by Sébastien Buffet to raise awareness among children from 4 to 104 years old about ocean protection.
Sunday, October 9
– 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: come try different gentle fishing techniques: line, trap, net, and trawl and discover the great diversity of marine habitats and the strange fauna inhabiting them with the Bloom workshop.
To view the complete program, please visit the website.
Practical informationAddress: establishment le 100, 100, rue de Charenton, Paris 12th.
Free entry from Saturday, October 8, 12:00 PM to Sunday, October 9, 6:30 PM.