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ABOUT
avenir méditerranée
- Save Our Seas, Inc.
We Are a Non-profit,
Independent, Non Governmental Environmental
Corporation.
Avenir Mediterranee –
Save Our Seas, Inc. was originally formed in
France in 1996, and now in Florida in 2010. This Florida-based
non-profit marine educational organization is a 501(c)(3)
tax exempt entity
recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
Its President, Herve Guitard formed both entities.
Mission Statement
Avenir Mediterranee –
Save Our Seas Inc. is dedicated to the protection of
our planets’ marine environment through action,
awareness and education. In keeping with our
mission statement, Avenir Mediterranee – Save Our
Seas Inc. is engaged solely in (1) Protection of the
marine environment through actions involving
international clean up and disposal of plastic
marine pollution, and (2) Promoting mass
educational programs directed at our communities,
schools and general public both in the US and
France. (3) Initiating programs of clean up,
education and implementation of “green” alternatives
for the 365 islands of the Kuna Yala Indians of Kuna
Yala, Panama.
avenir méditerranée – Save Our Seas Inc.
claims the support of those below (rest in peace,
Sir Peter Blake):
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The
Late
Eric Tabarly
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The Late
Sir Peter Blake
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COMEX
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J.M Cousteau
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Sting
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Scientist/Explorer Jean-Louis Etienne
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Director of C.N.R.S Claude Millot
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Ifremer Scientist François
Galgani
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Sailors ; Eugène Riguidel,
Titouan Lamazou, Philippe Monnet,
Isabelle
Autissier, Hervé Laurent, Catherine Chabaud,
Alain Gabbay, Jean-Yves Hasselin
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Musician Umberto Pelizzari
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Adventurer Goudis
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European Deputy Alain Bombard
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Deep sea exploration
professionals Christian Pétron et Paul-Henri
Nargeolet
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Musician Manu Dibango
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Singers from the band d’U Muvrini
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Personalities;
Jean Alesi,
Catherine Deneuve, Antoine,
Ben, Laurent Boyer,
Bernard Montiel, Daniel Mercier, Yves
Pietreasanta, Jean B. Lantieri, Emile Mocchi,
Ange Santini, SNCM, CCI Corse du Sud, Ademe,
Diren Corse
Media coverage
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Television
T.F1,
France 2,
FR 3,
TMC, TV
5, Euronews,
LCI,
Canal +,
M6, Voyages
- Written
Press
France :
Le Point, Libération, ça m’intéresse, Aujourd’hui,
Sciences et Avenir,
Ouest France, Midi-Libre,
Nice-matin, Télégramme de Brest, Le Journal,
La Marseillaise, Voiles et Voiliers,
Chasse-Marée, Bateaux, Mer et Littoral
International :
Res Expressen
(Suède),
Diario de Noticias, 24 Horas, (Portugal)
Press Democrat (USA),
Nordic News (Norvège),
Voixe de Gallicia (Espagne)
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Radio
RTL, France Inter, Europe 2, FIP,
RMC, France Infos, France Bleue, RTL 2, NRJ,
Radio-France International, Chérie
FM, Radio-France Frequenza Mora, Cannes Radio, RTS
How It
All Started
It all
started with a friendly lunch around the Cap
d’Antibes in France. One of the most beautiful
places in the French Riviera and home to Herve
Guitard. One day, while he and his girlfriend of the
time were on their way to lunch when, while exiting
the car, they noticed the extraordinary amount of
garbage littering the beach and sea right there in
front of the restaurant. The girlfriend remarked,
and justly so, how incredible it is to see this kind
of filth on one of the priciest pieces of real
estate in the world. It was a shock, to say the
least, more like a slap in the face which woke up
Mr. Guitard.
The
next day he took it upon himself to clean it up.
With a crappy little dinghy, an old wet suit and
barely there diving equipment he set out to clean up
the area they had seen the day before. But as he
started, it was evident there would be no end to his
day. It wasn’t JUST what they had seen getting out
of the car, it was the entire sea bed within eyes
view and after many subsequent dives in the area it
turned out to be stretching from the Cap d’Antibes
on both sides from Antibes to Cannes!
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