Sail around the world against the current or row across the Pacific Ocean. This is the daily life of sailor Maud Fontenoy, invited on Cyril Hanouna's set for her latest project. She went to Polynesia to make a documentary Blue, an ocean of solutions soon broadcast on Canal +.
In all his projects, one goal comes up tirelessly: to show that man is capable of realizing dreams greater than himself, including the preservation of the oceans. "It is strange to think that life arose from the sea and that the sea is now threatened by one of the forms of this life," says the sailor in her book Ocean Women, these heroines who embark us at sea. Géraldine Maillet then questions her about the current state of affairs and the actions to be taken to improve the situation.
"We produced plastic for everything and anything"
"I really believe in our ability to do, to change, to act little by little. But the problem is gigantic, we can not deny it, "begins Maud Fontenoy before focusing more specifically on plastic. She explains that in the 50s, the use of this material was much less. At that time, two million tons of plastic per year were produced compared to 360 million tons per year today. "We produced plastic for anything and everything [...] It is awareness that we must raise awareness among industrialists to change things, "recommends the navigator.
"Everything you leave in nature goes to the sea and therefore joins your plate. Today, you drink the same water that the dinosaurs used to drink - because it's all a circle - but you can't clean it up anymore. We eat the equivalent of one plastic blue card per week and per person." Maud Fontenoy recommends preserving the oceans out of "selfishness" by explaining that the waste not collected on the beaches returns to our plates at some point. A speech that seems to make the columnists think, particularly silent during his intervention.
