08/04/2025
Did you know that in 1987 Shaklee was selected by Jacques Cousteau, and the Cousteau Society, to provide environmentally friendly cleaning products for use onboard their research vessels, the Calypso and Alcyone.
https://us.shaklee.com/en_US/annieoklie/environmental-achievements
**Before Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the ocean was a mystery to most of us — distant, dark, and unreachable.
But Cousteau changed all that.
Born in France in 1910, he was more than just a diver. He was a visionary who helped the world see beneath the surface — and fall in love with it.
In 1943, Cousteau and engineer Émile Gagnan invented the Aqua-Lung — the first modern scuba device that allowed people to breathe underwater on their own. It turned divers into explorers and opened up an entire planet beneath the waves.
Then, in 1956, he directed The Silent World — a revolutionary underwater documentary that won both an Academy Award and the Palme d'Or at Cannes. For the first time, people saw colorful reefs, mysterious fish, and sunken ships in vivid detail.
From 1968 to 1976, his iconic TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau brought coral gardens and deep-sea creatures into living rooms across the globe. He made marine science accessible, exciting, and unforgettable.
But Cousteau didn’t stop at wonder — he turned it into action.
In 1973, he founded the Cousteau Society to protect marine ecosystems. Long before “climate change” was a household term, he was sounding the alarm about pollution, ocean acidification, and biodiversity loss — always with a spirit of hope.
His message was clear:
We must protect what we love.
Today, his legacy lives on through his children and grandchildren, like Jean-Michel and Alexandra Cousteau, who carry the torch for ocean conservation.
Cousteau gave us more than footage of fish.
He gave us a reason to care.**
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