by Alexandra Cousteau | July 19th, 2009
Four flights and just over 34 hours of travel mark the beginning of the second phase of our 2009 Expedition Blue Planet as we fly halfway around the globe to join the Blue Legacy film crew in Cambodia. What started as a research outline last ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | May 7th, 2009
Washington, D.C. has been my home for many years. It is where my foundation is headquartered, where my family resides. It is also home to members of the Earth Conservation Corps, a service organization that teaches at-risk teenagers and young adults from the poorest, most ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | May 6th, 2009
Our nation’s capital casts a long shadow. Just a few miles from the Mall – famous for the White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Monument – lies a troubled world that bears little resemblance to these iconic representations of democracy. No mobs of tourists throng ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 27th, 2009
The team and I spend our final day on the Mississippi River visiting again with the Cajun people living at the frayed edges of the bayou close to the Gulf of Mexico. You only have to talk to a few of them to find out ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 26th, 2009
Today we feel blessed getting to spend another few hours with the generous, openhearted Cajun people. We’ve journeyed down the Mississippi River from St Louis to Louisiana to investigate how farming relates to fishing. In a general sense, both farmers and fishermen survive off the ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 25th, 2009
Here on the Lafourche bayou about an hour southwest of New Orleans, the Cajun people have passed along shrimp trawling as a way of life for generations. We have timed our visit for the Blessing of the Fleet, an annual tradition at the start of ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 24th, 2009
“I’ve been doing this way longer than Erin Brokovich,” says 65 year-old grandmother, professional chemist, and spitfire activist Wilma Subra. With her short blond ponytail and bangs, Capri pants and sandals, she looks twenty years younger than she is—and has the energy of a teenager. ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 23rd, 2009
“Louisiana’s wetlands are twice the size of the Everglades National Park, funnel more oil into the US than the Alaskan Pipeline, sustain one of the nation’s largest fisheries, and provide vital hurricane protection for New Orleans. And they are disappearing under the Gulf of Mexico ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 22nd, 2009
St Louis marks a dividing line in the Mississippi River. To the north, in Minnesota, it is a national treasure attracting more people for recreation than Yellowstone National Park. To the south, it is hardly a river anymore. It more closely resembles a drainage pipe. As ... Read More
by Alexandra Cousteau | April 21st, 2009
On the day we’re investigating the truth about corn ethanol, and rapidly reaching the conclusion that the American public is being robbed blind when it comes to government subsidies for the stuff, we get robbed ourselves. MeiMei, Ben, Jos and I are filming interviews and stand-ups ... Read More
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