Jean-Michel Cousteau dispatches team to Gulf oil spill

Today I am dispatching team members Matt Ferraro, Brian Hall, and Nathan Dembeck to join Gary Holland and myself at St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, to find and explain the realities of this unprecedented oil spill.

I have been on site at the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska and the Prestige oil spill in Spain, but they don’t compare with the magnitude of this Gulf spill. We will look for immediate solutions but may mostly find reasons why this must never happen again and what must be done for the future.

The team will drive the 31 hours straight through in shifts and the entire trip will be carbon-offset via GreenShipping and Bonneville Environmental Foundation, including all travel by truck, plane, boat, and any lodging.

Stay tuned for updates and follow the team’s daily activities on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Phreadz.

I am doing this on an urgent basis and drawing from funds that are needed in other areas. The team and I are donating our personal funds or donating our time to make this happen because we know the importance of being on site to make sense and hopefully to influence what is unfolding.

Please consider making a donation to Ocean Futures now to support this response team on the beaches and in the waters of the Gulf. And please stay tuned for our reports.

To take action please:

• Email your Senators and Representatives.

To learn more please:

• Follow the OFS Team, in real time, at the front line of the Oil Spill
• Read How You Can Help
• Watch my Video Statement Gulf Oil Disaster
• Watch my PSA on Florida Oil Drilling

Warm regards,