On the marine mammal front: XXL sorority!
Trials of the Century - season 4
With Fabienne Delfour, ethologist and ketologist, and Lamya Essemlali, environmental and anti-speciesist activist, founder and president of Sea Shepherd France.
Moderation: Paloma Moritz
With the participation of Hélia Paukner, heritage curator, head of the Contemporary Art department at Mucem.
They have always been a source of fascination and wonder, and play an essential role in the marine ecosystem. They can contribute to climate change… Cetaceans!
Beyond the crucial issues of preserving and protecting these giants of the seas in aquatic biodiversity, their social life can provide profound lessons for the future. Sophisticated matriarchal society, altruism, language, culture, reflection: what if we really took inspiration from this model of animal solidarity?
Paloma Moritz
Paloma Moritz © Thomas Decamps
Paloma Moritz is a journalist and film-maker. She worked for four years for the independent media Spicee, for which she developed an editorial line based on impact and solutions journalism. She produced a dozen reports and documentaries. Her favorite themes: the overhaul of our democracy, gender inequality and the ecological emergency.
Today, she runs the Ecology section of the independent media outlet Blast, and every week she produces short videos, reports and interviews with personalities and scientists to help people better understand current events, political discourse and ecological issues. How can we adapt? How can we act? How can we reduce our emissions? How can we invent another, more sustainable and fairer society?
Fabienne Delfour
Fabienne Delfour © Alexis Fespuech
Fabienne Delfour holds a PhD in cognitive ethology and ketology, and is a research associate at the Institute of Language, Communication and Brain at Aix Marseille University. She teaches at the École Nationale Vétérinaire in Toulouse. Her research in etho-phenomenology strives to understand animality and to bring human and non-human animals into dialogue. Through Arts, Sciences and Environment projects, Fabienne Delfour asks us to cultivate wonder. Expert member of the IUCN Species Survival and French Overseas groups, as well as of several animal welfare and ethics committees, her expertise contributes to the protection and defense of biodiversity, particularly marine megafauna. The author of several books, she recently published “Dans la peau d’un dauphin” (Flammarion) and “Pas bêtes, ces animaux” (Merci les livres). She also contributed to the collective work “Animal” (La Relève et la Peste).
Lamya Essemlali
Lamya Essemlali
Lamya Essemlali initially studied advertising and marketing before turning to environmental and animal protection. At the age of 24, she obtained a Master’s degree in environmental sciences, specializing in biodiversity conservation. In 2006, she co-founded Sea Shepherd France with Paul Watson and became its president in 2008. She has led numerous campaigns, notably for the protection of bluefin tuna, Faroese whales and against illegal fishing.
She also launches initiatives such as the Mare Nostrum campaign to recover ghost nets in the Mediterranean and fights against sea turtle poaching in Mayotte. She takes legal action, raises funds and has written a book with Paul Watson. Lamya defends a biocentric approach, believing that humanity must reconcile its relationship with nature. She continues her commitment to Sea Shepherd, a tool she considers essential for protecting the oceans.
With Fabienne Delfour, ethologist and ketologist, and Lamya Essemlali, environmental and anti-speciesist activist, founder and president of Sea Shepherd France.
Moderation: Paloma Moritz
With the participation of Hélia Paukner, heritage curator, head of the Contemporary Art department at Mucem.
They have always been a source of fascination and wonder, and play an essential role in the marine ecosystem. They can contribute to climate change… Cetaceans!
Beyond the crucial issues of preserving and protecting these giants of the seas in aquatic biodiversity, their social life can provide profound lessons for the future. Sophisticated matriarchal society, altruism, language, culture, reflection: what if we really took inspiration from this model of animal solidarity?
Paloma Moritz
Paloma Moritz © Thomas Decamps
Paloma Moritz is a journalist and film-maker. She worked for four years for the independent media Spicee, for which she developed an editorial line based on impact and solutions journalism. She produced a dozen reports and documentaries. Her favorite themes: the overhaul of our democracy, gender inequality and the ecological emergency.
Today, she runs the Ecology section of the independent media outlet Blast, and every week she produces short videos, reports and interviews with personalities and scientists to help people better understand current events, political discourse and ecological issues. How can we adapt? How can we act? How can we reduce our emissions? How can we invent another, more sustainable and fairer society?
Fabienne Delfour
Fabienne Delfour © Alexis Fespuech
Fabienne Delfour holds a PhD in cognitive ethology and ketology, and is a research associate at the Institute of Language, Communication and Brain at Aix Marseille University. She teaches at the École Nationale Vétérinaire in Toulouse. Her research in etho-phenomenology strives to understand animality and to bring human and non-human animals into dialogue. Through Arts, Sciences and Environment projects, Fabienne Delfour asks us to cultivate wonder. Expert member of the IUCN Species Survival and French Overseas groups, as well as of several animal welfare and ethics committees, her expertise contributes to the protection and defense of biodiversity, particularly marine megafauna. The author of several books, she recently published “Dans la peau d’un dauphin” (Flammarion) and “Pas bêtes, ces animaux” (Merci les livres). She also contributed to the collective work “Animal” (La Relève et la Peste).
Lamya Essemlali
Lamya Essemlali
Lamya Essemlali initially studied advertising and marketing before turning to environmental and animal protection. At the age of 24, she obtained a Master’s degree in environmental sciences, specializing in biodiversity conservation. In 2006, she co-founded Sea Shepherd France with Paul Watson and became its president in 2008. She has led numerous campaigns, notably for the protection of bluefin tuna, Faroese whales and against illegal fishing.
She also launches initiatives such as the Mare Nostrum campaign to recover ghost nets in the Mediterranean and fights against sea turtle poaching in Mayotte. She takes legal action, raises funds and has written a book with Paul Watson. Lamya defends a biocentric approach, believing that humanity must reconcile its relationship with nature. She continues her commitment to Sea Shepherd, a tool she considers essential for protecting the oceans.