MINNEAPOLIS, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Mark
Dayton's proposal is currently stalled in the Legislature, but that
doesn't stop Minnesotans from caring about the importance of water
and water quality. Governor Dayton's proposal will "require a
healthy strip of natural vegetation along a third or more of the
70,000 miles of streams, rivers and ditches that meander through
Minnesota" ("In Minnesota, buffer
strips are rallying cry for cleaner water," Star Tribune,
4-17-2015). This is very much in line with what Jacques Cousteau
once said: "we forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are
one." This is but one of the many reasons Beth El Synagogue's
next Inspiring Minds speakers are the Cousteau Family.
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Beth El Synagogue's Inspiring Minds Series proudly presents
An Evening with the Cousteau Family
(www.besyn.org/cousteaus) on May 7th. Jean-Michel Cousteau
(son of Jacques-Yves), and his children Celine and Fabien,
will help open up our minds to a world of sustainability,
conservation, stewardship and innovation.
Through this majestic evening, these inspiring minds, living and
teaching the legacy of their father and grandfather Jacques-Yves
Cousteau, will share with us the beauty and diversity of our
world's water–the source of all life on our planet. The goal
is that attendees will feel an even stronger desire to protect
what, for some, will either be experienced for the first time, or
perhaps re-discovered. The Cousteau Family inspires us to
recognize that marine conservation is one of the keys to improving
our community and our world.
ABOUT JEAN-MICHEL
Honoring his heritage, Jean-Michel Cousteau founded Ocean
Futures Society in 1999 to carry on this pioneering work. Ocean
Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation and education
organization, serves as a "Voice for the Ocean" by communicating in
all media the critical bond between people and the sea and the
importance of wise environmental policy.
ABOUT CELINE
Celine Cousteau is founder and executive director of
CauseCentric Productions, a non-profit organization that creates
cause-focused multimedia content. As a member of the World Economic
Forum Council on Oceans, Celine collaborates with the council to
provide recommendations to the WEF about ocean issues. Celine's
current major work is a multimedia project, documentary, and
engagement campaign "Tribes on the Edge" based on the indigenous
tribes of the Vale do Javari reserve in the Brazilian Amazon.
ABOUT FABIEN
With his vast experience in the field, Fabien Cousteau uses his
knowledge to help refine a public policy platform grounded in the
belief that environmental discipline can be the basis for
cutting-edge solutions that strike a balance between regional as
well as global environmental problems and the realities of market
economies. In June 2014, Fabien
and his team of aquanauts embarked on Mission 31, which broke new
ground in ocean exploration and honored the 50th anniversary of his
grandfather's original underwater living experiment (Conshelf Two)
by going deeper, longer and further, while broadcasting each moment
live on multiple channels exposing the world to the adventure,
drama and mystique of what lies beneath (www.mission-31.com).
More information and tickets are available online at
www.besyn.org/cousteaus.
Date/Time: Thursday
| May 7, 2015 | 7:00 pm
Location:
Beth El Synagogue | 5225 Barry Street West | St. Louis Park, MN 55416
About Beth El
Beth El is a warm, open and
caring Conservative Jewish community in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The synagogue
reaches out to its 1,250 households, offering educational,
spiritual and social opportunities that nourish the intellect, soul
and body. In so doing, familial bonds have been formed between
members that stretch "from generation to generation." Beth El is a center of Jewish life that strives
to respond to emerging needs while living out the eternal, sacred
values of the Jewish people.
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