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La Méditerranée est la plus grande mer semi-fermée au monde. Son patrimoine historique et culturel est riche, varié et de renommée internationale. Ce bassin maritime est également un foyer de biodiversité et, malheureusement, l’un des plus pollués au monde. Sabine Quindou va parcourir l’arc méditerranéen français. Depuis la côte Vermeille, en passant par la Provence jusqu’à la très chic ville de Monaco, Sabine rencontre des personnes qui ont décidé de se battre pour sauver cet environnement unique.

Au sommaire :
– Le littoral méditerranéen français, un environnement unique.
– La pêche autrement.
– La guerre au plastique.
– La renaissance du cap Lardier.
– Un ambassadeur de la cuisine méditerranéenne.

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Louille beach. It’s not a bad introduction. Yeah, it’s magnificent. Good to start. Oh yeah, okay. That’s normally within my capabilities. Well, there you go, I did my push-ups and a bit of exercise. The water is good at the moment, too. Move away from the coast a little, and then we’ll start paddleboarding in the sea. It’s not paddleboarding on the Acc, it’s not the same. Hello everyone . I’m very happy to take you with me on this Mediterranean getaway . I’m going to sit down, it’d be better. Together we’re going to travel the 900 km of the French Mediterranean coastline from the Spanish border, which is a stone’s throw from here, to the gates of Italy, far away beyond. We’re setting off to discover an exceptional natural heritage. We often forget, but the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean are unique in the world, and you’ll see that there’s no shortage of lovers of this coastline who take care to preserve it. Thank you, Sylvain, for bringing me to this vermilion coast because I’ve traveled quite a few, hot and cold, with his magic steps, with Talassa too, but this one, I admit, is dear to my heart. We’re at home here, but we’re also at home. We share a very nice thing in common. We’ll tell you that later. What if we saw life in blue? For me, it’s my whole life, it’s more than love. My whole life is the Mediterranean. Presented by Sabou Louindou, Captain Michel. Yes, hello. Hello Sabine. Hi. Nice to meet you. Well, listen, welcome aboard. 100% Mediterranean getaways . It makes you want to breathe. No, it’s not bad there. We’re fine there. It’s my favorite beach. It’s very natural, lots of gravel, it’s very clean , and it’s immediately the open sea. The sea that inspires. How do you say it? Delicious Monegasque like that. It’s a work called Contemporary Vestige. We see all the engraving work that has been done on it, which shows the movement of the waves, the reflections of the sun on the water, and which breathes. The mother who mobilizes. I came to do a civic act and to raise awareness among my 6-year-old son. Well, well, to the good gesture, in fact, to have for the planet. There you go. Ah, a small glass bottle has absolutely no place here. I ‘m passionate and I like to pass on my knowledge, so of course, I’m smiling. This is where all the work is done by hand, in terms of respect for the ecosystem. It’s truly virtuous fishing. That’s what we were looking for, a long trip along the French coast. We’re not in the right direction, but there are some, we’re not the only ones. You have a lot of things to have fun with there. Take care of the oceans and yourselves. They go together. Tac. This little buoy is very good for beginners. Tell us Sylvain, you’re actually Breton, originally from Saint-Malot, but how did you discover the Vermeille coast? What are you doing here? It goes back to my childhood, actually, from when I was 4 to 18. My grandparents live in Saint-Cépien, so a neighboring town like me. That’s it. My grandparents are here. My grandpa was born in Saint-Cyprien. I spent all my summers here. And then over time, I grew up. I started to wander off the beaten track a little . I took up cycling and as soon as the opportunity arose, we came to live here to start a family. Is it sport that also won you over here? Ever since I was little, I’ve been really passionate about sport and especially outdoor sports. And here, it’s a department. We can look around us, everything is beautiful. There’s what we call the Douniers’ Trail , which at one time was mainly used by smugglers. And you run on this trail. The Douigners’ Trail extends all the way to the Spanish border and it’s a real pleasure to be able to trace it. It’s quite technical, there’s a difference in altitude. It’s really a pleasure. It’s ultimately a game to progress on these courses. Yes! Well, that’s not all, but if we want to reach Colour Beach there. Well, congratulations. I’m proud of us. Look how our efforts are rewarded. Well, my efforts are rewarded and your patience rewarded. You ‘re doing very, very well. After this appetizer with the paddle, we’re really going to head off to my playground. It’s going to be a little tougher there. A little tougher. A little bit, a little bit, a little bit, a little bit. So now, we’re leaving Cape Bra and we’re going to head for Sainte-Catherine. We’re going to move along the coastal path. It’s the little cove there. Sain exactly just below. You’ll see the water crystal clear. It’s magnificent. Do you mind, Sabine, if I do it my way? What do you mean? Well, we’ll meet up at the top, I’ll run a little bit. Oh, but please, enjoy yourself. Come on, see you later. Me, I’m going to enjoy the scenery, eh, no problem. How’s it going? Do you run every day? Uh, I run, yes, every day. Yeah, see, because with a department like Pierre Oriental, it’s far from being a constraint. It’s more of a pleasure. The longest race you’ve ever run, what was it? Uh, it was an ultra trail, it’s 180 km. 180 km. How long? It took me 34 hours. 34 he means you run at night. That’s it. Where does the pleasure come from? It may seem a bit masochistic, but in fact it’s a way, there are some, they do yoga, others they go paddleboarding, it doesn’t matter where. For me, it’s a kind of introspection. It’s a way to refocus on myself, to try to push my limits, of course, and then it’s a way to feel alive and fully free too. Okay, but it still has to happen in the middle of nature. The 180 km if you run them on a road, uninteresting. Ah, not at all. Me, I need to be in contact with the trails, in contact with the coast, the mountains. For me, endurance is really a school of life. When you don’t give up, in fact, in a sporting event, it teaches you not to give up in life, professionally, personally. There you go. Ah, Sabine, I’m going to take you to this little rocky peak. And for the record, it’s here where we took the first photos of an event we created with a friend called the Swim Run code vermeil. Swim Run. swim run. So actually it’s done in pairs , so both will come and run and swim at the same time, and they will alternate successively between swimming and running phases. And over what distance? So we have five formats for the event, ranging from 4 km for children’s races to 63 km for the biggest format, the Ultra. And how many participants do you have? We have 1,100 participants. Would you come and do the 4 km with the little ones next year? With great pleasure. That’s the goal. While traveling this Mediterranean coast, Sabine will discover some of the most captivating landscapes in France. The shores of the Big Blue are notably one of the favorite destinations for retirees who have fallen under the spell of sunny weather 300 days a year. It’s beautiful this morning. It’s sunny. Yeah, it’s going to feel good. Luckily. For their retirement, Josian and Robert have chosen the fishing village of Gros du Roi. Here, twice a week, a colorful market welcomes the locals. And the Mediterranean fish is tastier than the Atlantic fish. So it’s No, no, it’s not a bias, it’s true because the Mediterranean is salty, so the fish has more flavor, it’s generally tastier. So, hello. Hello. I’d like some suppers. Yes, a good little batch. Josianne has the sing-song accent of the local children. Hello. Robert made the big jump from Paris and he doesn’t regret his move. I’m going to put them in a box that will be more presentable. It’s better than fog, it’s better than frost, it’s better than drizzle, it’s really impeccable. I really like it here at Gros du Roi. I think I’ve become a big flax at heart, even if I wasn’t a big flax by birth. Well, I hope it’s going to be good. The sea, their active retiree’s day feels like a busy vacation without rushing because they have the sea all year round. They even have the good taste to lend their beach to tourists in the summer to find it in smaller groups in September. How are you? How are you? We’re back to our beaches, that’s for sure, there’s no longer the frenzy of summer with all these people standing next to each other on the beach. So it’s with truly incredible pleasure that we’re back to our territory a little . I would say that while for some the late season is conducive to rest, for others it rhymes more with work. For more than 2,000 years, every late summer on the slopes of Banous, men repeat the same gestures. Here, the vineyard is too steep to be mechanized. The harvest is done by hand and on men’s backs. You climb a little higher. Despite the drought and heatwaves that have affected the southernmost plots, the Côte Vermeille vineyard can count on a powerful ally. First of all, the sea provides a much more temperate climate than inland. Here, in summer, it’s practically 5°C cooler than inland. Vineyards that aren’t very far away, 10 or 15 km away, and on the other hand, in winter, they’re practically 5°C warmer. Cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Here, thanks to the sea, the risk of frost is close to zero. Once harvested, the grapes are brought to the cellar to be pressed. L’Étoile is the largest cooperative in Banous. It was founded in 1921 by the Union of 12 producers. That’s the secret for us. Theoretically, no one gets involved in that. So there you have it. So the founding members are there, they’re everywhere, they’re monitoring what’s happening in their cellar. In reality, these guardians watch over a fabulous treasure. Thousands of bottles, some over 70 years old, whose nectar, they say, only improves with age. In the Mediterranean, life isn’t limited to the coast. A few miles out, the deep blue continues to reveal its riches, provided you know how to look for them. 150 so far. Yeah, it’s dolphins. Tommy spotted a group of bottlenose dolphins. So , we’re keeping them in sight. We’re watching how, in which direction they’re going, what their behavior is. There, we mustn’t lose sight of them, so we mustn’t lose sight of them. That’s really the goal, never to lose them. OK, well, they’re out there. For weeks, members of the Miraetti association have been surveying the coasts to count the populations of bottlenose dolphins. Yeah, you can slow down a little bit there. You have two at 10 a.m. The goal is to photograph their fin, and for that, there’s nothing like a gentle approach from the side. Take the photo carefully. Hop on the left side like before, you did the right side. If we can get closer, that’s good. I think I already have it. Each dolphin has a unique fin. These photos are identity cards that will allow us to better understand the lifestyle of this emblematic animal of the Mediterranean. Yeah, you see, the entire tip of its dorsal fin is white, which presents the objective of our missions in general, so it’s to increase the data on the bottlenose dolphin to increase the knowledge we have, so estimate the size of the population, estimate the structure of the population, how the groups are formed. Do we always see the same individuals together? Will we have individuals that will move from Provence to the Gulf of Lyon? Because there you go, they will have preferred habitat areas. Dolphins, but also whales and coves live in these waters. Knowing them better is the first step to protecting them and ensuring the unique biodiversity of the Mediterranean. So there, Sabine, you see, we are on the beach of Batteries with color in the background. So here, this is really the start of a race that we organize called the swim run. There are 240 people setting off with smoke bombs towards Argelè. Hi Sylvain. Hello. Hello. I’d like to introduce you to Alisé, who works for the marine park and is also one of the competitors in the Swimrun. So who swims and who runs. That’s it exactly. How long? I’m only doing the short one. The short one which is about 13 km. It’s the short one, eh. 13 km. And so in addition to the marine park, so in addition I work at the Gulf of Lyon Marine Natural Park, so it’s a protected marine area which goes from Ile-de-France to Serber and up to 35,000 km, so it’s a very large protected marine area, and so we work all around this species for the protection and sustainable development of activities. I want to see all that, let’s go, let’s go. I’m amazed by the cleanliness of the site. We’re very close to a beach. We’re in an area under heavy tourist pressure. I expected to have a bit more plastic than that, and in fact, I did n’t see a single bit. No, the water’s pretty clean. It’s true that I think the climbs may have changed in recent years. We’re in sites that are fairly respected, and we’re in a somewhat preserved site. There aren’t many anchorages. So, it’s very, very clean, very inhabited. This spectacular school of sea bass that made us feel warm while grazing there. It’s very, very nice. So this Pyonia is very important. Yeah, Pyonia is a species that’s endemic to the Mediterranean. It’s only found here. And so, tell us, alg is a plant. A photosynthetic plant, that is to say, it traps CO2 and releases oxygen instead. They say it’s a bit like the lungs of the Mediterranean in terms of oxygen production. We go there, we go further. Yeah. Come on. So there, the Sumerune candidates, the competitors, they see this underwater landscape. But isn’t the marine park afraid that it will cause too much pressure on the environment? So, there are a lot of people passing through, but as it’s planned in advance with the organizers, and in particular where we position the buoys and the exit from the water, people are rather channeled and there’s really very little impact because in fact we prohibit anchoring. In fact, it’s quite buoyant because people are no longer allowed to drop anchor. Yes. And not anchoring is preserving the fields. Oh yeah, it’s still the impression of saying to yourself that you’re in the marine park, but not on the high seas, it’s just there, in fact. The park encompasses quite a few towns that are quite touristy places, and it’s really a challenge to reconcile this tourist pressure, all these activities that take place at sea, with the preservation of this space and the species that are there. We’re going there in Colure. I was planning to take you there swimming. The art of living in Colure is also about partying. And the pollock, who loves to party and especially loves to share it with others. So it happens to music, exactly. Except that the music here sounds a little more like the music from home, from my other home. It sounds a little Cuban, a little Entiller, more than typically Catalan. That’s true, I agree with you. It’s to welcome you. In orange, what is typically Catalan behind them are the boats. The Catalan boats, which are easily recognized, have very bright colors and triangular lateen sails. So you, you walk in the small courtyards like on the path of the douigners in large engendé and I, I try to follow you. So there, we arrive in the neighborhood, the fishermen’s neighborhood. Well, not completely. Originally, in fact, you have to imagine that here was a hill. Above this hill, we have Fort Miradou which is a military fort. And so the first house constructions were for the army. Ah okay. So there were first the soldiers who were here and only after the fishermen. Exactly. The fishermen began to enter the houses and little by little over time, they began to build on each side of the hill to have the neighborhood we have today. Ah, okay. And one of the particularities of this neighborhood is the color of the houses, the shutters. It’s yellow, it’s blue, it’s pink. It’s very bright. You remember earlier the Catalan bars that we saw on the harbor, very brightly colored, also very colorful, well in fact it all started from there. The fishermen of the time each had a boat and to differentiate them, it was painted with very bright colors and the excess paint, so as not to waste it, was used to paint the doors and the shutters. So over time it became very popular and it expanded. Now this is also what makes Color unique and what makes it recognized throughout the world. So it comes from the boats. Ah, yes, okay. Well, it’s very beautiful. Yeah, well, it’s very, very beautiful. This is where my daughter and I come. It’s kind of our favorite view. For me, Colure is that, it’s color, it’s the blue thrown into the sea, the green, and then all the houses. And there we understand why it’s the homeland of painters. So indeed, since the beginning of the 20th century, Colure has inspired many artists. So there have been poets, writers, singers, and many painters. So we can actually cite Matis, who is at the origin of the Fauvism movement; creating an emotion through color. They started from the principle, with André Dein, of having an approach where we no longer represent reality but truly express an emotion. So now it’s the right time. We’re going to take a little height. Ah, great! Well, here we are. It’s ideal for ending the day at the foot of Fort Saint-Elme. So Fort Saint-Elme, also called the sentinel of the Vermilion Coast, has a rather nice architecture because it’s star-shaped when seen from the sky. Ah, that’s what life is all about, the Angles Morts, and it dates from the 15th century, and was built by Ferlequin. So when we go back down, it’s dark. Yes. On the other hand, it might get a little dark. But you also run at night with a headlamp? He runs all the time. There, all the work is done by hand, you know. So already in terms of respecting the ecosystem, you know, it’s really virtuous fishing because we use almost no energy other than arm strength. The engine is off, there are no hydraulics to lift the net, and well, it’s always the same elsewhere, arm strength, we lift less net than with a machine. So the impact is not the same. That’s what we’re looking for orally. For 17 years, Erwan has made the coast his favorite playground. He practices what we call small-time fishing here. Different techniques to target different species. After sea bream, Eran tackles sea bass. No net this time to catch what we call sea bass around the Mediterranean, but lines that he hauls in after a night spent in the water. I try not to catch just one species. I favor a dual technique, it’s really to be sure of bringing something back, you know. There you go. Despite his versatility, Erwan was forced to make a big decision to continue earning a living. To start a second job like the majority of fishermen in the 4th arrondissement. We have fishermen and Austrian farmers, we have fishmongers. For my part, I’m a fisherman and a navvy. Uh, there you go. So, almost all of us have a dual activity. Like everywhere on the Mediterranean coast, fish is becoming increasingly rare and fishermen have to adapt. We’re leaving, but you never know if we’ll bring anything back. Finally, someone on the line. But today this wolf will escape the icebox. Because in addition to his dual activity, Eran also works for science. He sometimes puts his fishing skills to the service of scientists. How are you guys? There are two of them there on the first line. There’s one swimming upside down, but there’s has one that swims upright. Very good. Great. They’re pretty, eh? Yeah, they’re pretty. Yeah. OK. They’re pretty. The fish is first put to sleep to be handled. Scientists can then collect as much data as possible. 1 kg 380. The goal of this study is to understand the movements of the fish, to assess their loyalty to the lagoon. To do this, the sea bass is equipped with a chip. It’s this small transmitter that will emit sounds underwater that we will be able to listen to thanks to the hydrophones that we have everywhere in the Mediterranean and know the path that this fish will eventually take. Since 2017, more than 600 individuals have been equipped, allowing us to better understand the habits of the fish and consider better management of the resource. On this program, the interests of fishermen and scientists converge. I think there’s a real awareness, especially among young fishermen who are very motivated, who are very enterprising in coming with us, helping us, sharing information, adopting their fishing methods, their fishing season, the target species based precisely on the state of these resources, and I think that gives a lot of hope for the future. Summer is slowly coming to an end, but the tourists are still there at the port of Leat. In his sentry box, Baptiste welcomes customers. 39. See you later. Welcome aboard. You can come to the boat. Great. Which one is it? It’s the Azur. The boat right there. I’m coming. 11 years ago, this fisherman also took the gamble of dual activity. Of course, never to run a little bit against the weather. We have beautiful sunny weather. There was a slight gust of wind, so there will certainly be a little residual water. It might move a little at sea, and at the front, it might get a little wet. You took the talasotherapy option. At the height of the season, he swaps his fisherman’s cap for that of a pleasure boat captain. On your right, you will see boats stored on shelves. It’s a dry port. As in many Mediterranean ports, the 4th is short of space. If the dual activity is above all an economic choice, this new way of fishing fits perfectly with the new ecological concerns. I am not solely dependent on fishing. I don’t have a lot of pressure in terms of fishing. I spend, let’s say, 5 months of the year fishing, and then we’ll spend 4 or 5 months of the year fishing. We have half the year where I don’t fish. So, the fish and I, at least for my part, I leave them alone during this period. The highlight of the walk is the tasting of Lecat oysters produced of course by a friend of Baptiste, a fisherman and oyster farmer. If you would like to come closer for the tasting, the pleasure on board, the freshness, the little white wine that you want with it. Bravo. In good company of course. Thank you all. Cheers, eh. Cheers. March, what are you fishing for today? We’re not fishing, we’re taking the walk, each captain to fish for customers, we’re fishing for customers. That’s it, for me, it’s the same job. The two are inseparable, and I think there’s just as much pleasure in doing both, perhaps because I don’t do it all the time. That’s also what’s enjoyable. If I did it all the time, just the walk or the fishing, maybe I’d get tired of it. But there, because of being able to change regularly and several times a year, it has this who-is-who-does-who side that is not at all rebarbative, you know. An essential activity in the Mediterranean, fishing is in the middle of a storm. Some fishermen are trying to be part of the solution rather than the problem, even if it means reinventing their profession a little. Oke. It’s the festival of colors, eh, with the white and gold banners in the colors of Catalonia. Hello. Hey Sabine. How are you? How are you, and you? Yeah. Wolf, I guess. Here, let me introduce you to my daughter. I told you there were only beautiful things in Côte Vermail. Well, there you go, it’s My jewel. What’s this gathering of old sailing ships and Catalan boats called again? So, this gathering is called the Vir. It takes place every two years in Lance de Polille and it’s one of the biggest gatherings on the coast with boats coming from absolutely all over the region. And we board the aptly named Guardian Angel as soon as the boats leave. So, it’s your first Virvire. Yeah, me too. Cri cracque criou craque. Well, me too because I’m going to join the crowd. Do you have a boat there? Yes, on the blue one there it says PV. Well, that one next to it. And how old is it? Or is that one old. 1867 over there. Oh yeah, yeah. W we have to go. We have to go. We’re going to go. We’re going to work, eh. Do n’t worry, eh. We’re finishing. We’re going. Anyway, you’re going, but you’re taking your time. We’re waiting for the wind. We’ve been looking for the wind for a while. Okay, I’m going. I’m boarding the guardian angel. I’ll wait for you at sea. See you soon. See you soon. Have fun. Captain Michel. Yes, hello. Hello Sabine. Hi. Nice to meet you. I present Sylvain Loup, your new passengers. Perfect. Well listen, welcome aboard. Come on, your boat is great. Well, thank you, you should tell him. You are a magnificent guardian angel. I ask him what’s his story? So actually the story is a reconstruction of a 17th-century boat called a punin, a punin barque. But so when you say reconstruction, who reconstructed it? Well, me, with my wife, but we did it. Yes, I’m watching for the departure of the Ouis at the same time, everyone is leaving, we won’t be long either. But then, why are you coming here in this vir? Because we’re a boat with a lateen sail like the barquesalanes. Like the Batalones barques which only have one. But we’re a three-meter boat with a lateen sail. Ah, it’s getting into position. Yeah, we don’t know the course, we don’t know what we have to do, but hey, we’ll improvise. Captain, we don’t know where we’re going and we don’t know what time we’re going there and we don’t know how we’re going to get there and we especially don’t know how we’re going to get back. Good, great. That’s adventure, dear friends. Beautiful adventure. I feel like we’re going to surpass ourselves today. Come on, let’s cast off here and light the lamp, please. There must be some like us who didn’t hear the instructions. Is this a real race with a trophy at the end, or not? No, that’s why it’s not called a regatta but a tack. It’s a demonstration of boats that come together at the same time, often of a similar typology in this case, the Latin Sails. We’re not trying to determine a winner. So there’s not an academic start and an academic finish. Come on, come on, let’s get moving. Come on, let’s go because we’re going to have to change the jib sheets too. And it’s not the sheet, it’s domi. The sail sheet. Come on Christine, take it back. Take it back. Come on, turn there on the [__] there. That’s perfect. Wait, wait, wait until we’ve tacked. Don’t drop. Wait until we haven’t tacked. And yes, we’ll let you pass. It’s good. We’re not going the right way, but there are some, we’re not the only ones. Here we go. Here we go. Yeah. Do you like it? Ah, it’s superb. Are you happy, Pinette? Oh yes, yes. It’s particularly beautiful. Here we are, it’s really a bit like the coast with all the boats. It’s fantastic. Anyway, whether at sea or on land, here it’s nothing but pleasure. Thank you very much, Sylvain, it’s a few days spent together. It was great to hear you talk about the challenge and surpassing yourself. For me, it was also a real pleasure to be able to accompany you, to show you some little corners of the coast. There are still many things. So I hope you’ll come back, of course. We’re going with caviar beans. Be careful, the icing is a little too runny. It has to be lunapan, they are magnificent in all case. Maoro Colagreco is part of the small world of superstar chefs. Three Michelin stars and a title of best restaurant in the world obtained in 2019 for Mira Azur, his restaurant in Menton. A consecration for this Italian-Argentine whose cuisine is resolutely Mediterranean but also influenced by his many travels. I always bring back seeds, ideas, uh, from elsewhere. And so today, well, we have banana trees, passion fruit, even neighbors who grow mangoes. So it’s a terroir that is increasingly rich, a terroir that surprises us every day. It’s hard to be more anchored in its terroir. Mirazur has five gardens, all located around the restaurant. H maréché grows vegetables and fruits there full-time according to the principles of permaculture. Look at the composition of the soil. It’s so, so well worked. The microorganisms that inhabit the earth. The advantage of having your own vegetable gardens is that the restaurant can ask its suppliers for whatever it wants. We have tomatoes, which are good for the acidity, for the cviches. We have tomatoes, which are very mild in flavor. We have tomatoes , tomatoes that will add color to the dishes, black, white, yellow, orange, and that’s interesting for the restaurant. And in terms of freshness, it’s unbeatable. Despite his crate under his arm, Alessandro isn’t a market gardener like the others. He’s the gleaner at Mira Azur. Let’s see what we can find. His specialty: wild plants. And when he comes to the garden, he only has god for weeds . This morning, he’s charmed by these kenopodiums. They’re something that belongs to our flora. We can make great use of them for food. They’re healthy, useful, so why not harvest them? Few restaurants in the world can boast of having an ethno-ophthalmologist on their team. A specialist in the history of the relationship between humans and plants. This is a Rafanus rafinistrum, the reffort, the wild reffort. It was widely used in the past, especially the leaves. They were added to soups and omelets. But the root is also edible. It’s very good. Today, the vegetable garden provides more than 70% of the fruits and vegetables served at the restaurant. A figure that’s set to increase since absolutely everything seems to grow on this little stretch of coastline. We have a rather unique microclimate. I think that because it’s between the mountains and the sea, it generates humidity that recirculates here all year round, allowing us to plant and cultivate these tropical trees that are reaching maturity. For example, the banana trees that have water there will become young in a few months and are very, very good. The first trials of persimmons, mangoes, and pomegranates also appear very promising. For all the produce it doesn’t produce itself, the Mirazur tries to work with the best suppliers. He’s the most determined. Several times a week, Lucas, Mauro’s second-in-command, goes to the port of Menton. Hello Manuella, how are you? The restaurant has been working with the successful boat since its beginnings. A special relationship. Even when they’re at sea, they make a small selection for us. They know very well what we’re looking for. They know very well what we want. So, they manage to leave us a little bit of the magic of the sea in its little hidden box. If that’s it, it’s a surprise and surprises. The team loves it. Are you okay? Are we going? Yeah. Wow! It’s beautiful! Several times a month, the workshop room takes on the appearance of an Archim Boldo painting. It’s beautiful. Three varieties. You have a lot of things to have fun with here, eh? It’s great because we ‘re in transition between two seasons. So even bananas. Tomatoes are pretty good too. Creative meetings are used to imagine the dishes of the moment. Here everyone can let their imagination run wild . It’s also the time when Alessandro presents his latest discoveries to the chef. Wow! It’s magnificent. There’s the turnip but also the effort in any restaurant. We needed a team of people who bring something with them and with whom we can exchange. Uh, it’s a restaurant that is based on openness, freedom, exchange and uh, it couldn’t be otherwise. If Mauro’s face undeniably embodies the success of Mir Azur, Sylvina, Luanna, Luka, Alessandro and all the others remind us that it’s with the best ingredients that the recipe for success is written. Are you going to disarm all that? No, all that, no, it’s impossible. No, there are 5 km, 5 km to go. And that one of the nets, you throw it away because it has holes because it’s at the end of its run. It’s at the end of its run. There you go. Well, that’s great. We’re going to try to recycle it, give it a new life. What we’re going to do is that in a few weeks, I’ll come and collect what you’ve already disarmed and then pay, it’ll go to collection. Hello Sabine, how are you? Well, good. Hello gentlemen, I present to you the team Serge and Manu work together fisherman report with all my heart. Well, do you find what you’re looking for? Well yes, I find what I’m looking for. Since the users, there are some on this port, eh. You saw, eh? I actually saw very large quantities, full of crates, full of trash cans. But all this plastic, you, what are you going to do with it? We’re going to put them in a sausage. So in a sausage, in fact, that’s it, you see, we put them in a small crystallized and that is to say we’re going to remove the threads. So it’s this thread that he doesn’t keep and that I can’t recycle because it’s not the same plastic. OK. But by putting them at the end of a directly retransformed one. I brought you what my partners do. So that is to say that we manage to transform it into marbles. So you see Serge and Manu or there it is fishing net that has been transformed back into raw material. And then what type of object can we make with it? You see my sunglasses. OK because my sunglasses are fishing net. Not bad. You could imagine that your fishing nets would end up as glasses. So second life for these nets is what otherwise becomes what? Destruction eh. Destruction how we glued them piece by piece we hid them in the big garbage bags tightly closed that went to the dump and we put them in the well it was buried in fact the nets are in the dump or we only had this solution. Okay. you, it’s a relief that we come and get them for you. Oh yes, plus it’s useful. H and so I can find that only good what. You’re rid of them without having to leave them. It benefits Sabine and the Mediterranean. And the Mediterranean because we love this Mediterranean anyway. If you can, it’s my whole life, it’s more than love. I only know how to do that and it’s my whole life. It’s the Mediterranean. If you knew what we take from the sea, does that make you sad? It disgusts me, it makes me want to vomit. It makes me want to vomit when we talk about shopping carts, scooters, bicycles, mopeds, car engines, thousands of cars, thousands. So, very often with fishermen, we say that they are unrecognized garbage collectors of the sea. It’s true. And how long has your company been collecting them for recycling? So, I’ve been setting up this project for 6 years, I’ve specialized in this waste because no one else was doing it, I’ve specialized in how we ‘re going to quantify it because 6 years ago, even 2 years ago, we didn’t know the volume of nets thrown by fishermen. Okay. It was taboo and it’s only in the last 2 years that laws have been put in place, structured sectors and so on. It takes a little goodwill and a little elbow grease and everything works in life. That’s what life is all about. It’s like, I took you to the penal colony. OK, we’re a bit far from the sea but you’re actually going to have We’re going to get closer to it with a small project. We started with a land association and tried to pool our resources to support the potters of Obagne because Aubagne is pottery, it’s pottery fever here in the Bouches de Rô and they told us about a problem, which is that they had waste, i.e. broken, poorly fired pottery because the project doesn’t suit them at all. I don’t know what to do. That’s exactly. Well, we said to ourselves, what if we combined our skills to make artificial reefs where we’re going to restore an environment that has been damaged by man with pottery waste. Exactly. Bravo. So now, we’re going to see Maryan, who is one of the potters who participated in the project. Let’s go. When did this project start? In October 2021. We managed to launch this dynamic with the potters, including Marian, who we’re going to see where we’re going to collect the pottery, and with the scientists, the town of Port debou, everyone in fact. We managed to get everyone on board with the project. And today, first immersion. First immersion. Oh yeah? So this is a great moment. This is the beginning of a new adventure that we ‘re all going to start together. And you’re participating with me in the immersion. Thank you very much. Say, Marion, she lives in the wooded suburbs of Tell me, this suburb is not bad. Hello Marion. Hello. I’m Sabine. Pleased to meet you. How are you, Marion? Yes. We came to collect the pottery, you know about the rest of the story. Exactly. They’re here. So, this time, you put little gray feet on me. Exactly. In creamy gray. It’s sandstone, so it cooks at a high temperature, around 1260°C or so. And chamote is actually earth that was cooked, crushed, and put back inside. And so it’s completely natural. It’s completely natural because sandstone is a sand base. Yeah, in the natural environment, there’s no ecological impact on health either. And then the fact that it’s a little rough, you see, for species like anemones, they’ll be able to settle in without any problem. And then this one, you see, could be a great home for a small octopus, for small fish. So it’s a bit of imagination, but also on the scientific side, it’s a support. It’s just a support for life. And precisely, as it’s an experimental project because this is the first reef in the French Mediterranean where pottery waste is being submerged. Not bad. Me thinking that my pottery, there will be little anemones that will land on it, I think that’s great. And then it allows, you see, to connect two worlds that had separated a little, the land and the sea. So that, we can embark. That, we can embark. OK. I’ll take the crate. Yeah. Come on. Well, thank you Marion. Well, thank you. See you later. See you later. See you soon. Goodbye. And there you go. Come on, hello. Hello boys. How are you? Hello Sabine. Are you ready? We’re ready. Watch out, there it is. Hi Marc Christian and Fabrice. Fabrice, from the Port de Bouc diving club, so a partner in the project, well, on the reef, and so we’re going to go diving and submerge the reef. Here we go. Well, so the buds moved a little bit there with the movements and well yes it’s the second one there normally the one behind it should be more just lift it up pull a little on it Good, they are there there. That’s it, it’s them who are going to go into the water there. This one would come from Marion’s. Yes, that’s it, you recognize the style a little. Her nesting box to my angels which will become a fish nesting box because you have a little hole so the little fish will come and be able to hide in it. Yeah. You have the sphere too. So there on the transport, it’s a little broken but hey it will still allow the anemones to develop so we will be able to observe all that and then on this one there it’s a little bit of this artistic side where we mixed all that a little in fact I like it because she does her best to be super serious whereas there she is full of emotion it’s okay yeah it really touches a lot a lot there well or yeah and well yes obviously when you spend 6 years struggling to convince politicians that we need to recycle, that we need to restore biodiversity and then we ‘re there above a diving spot, a little moment of emotion but I have a little heart of Atiud so obviously you’re ready? You’re going to pr in any case not 50% to 50%. the prettiest. F. That’s it. It’s done. Yeah, thank you he for letting me participate at that moment. With pleasure in any case. It was great to share your emotion. Thank you and then no, it was cool. Then the next adventure but seeing the story made fly. In how much time approximately? between 3 to 6 months already uh we will have the first inhabitants. I’ll send the photos back next year. That’s it. Well, let’s see where we are. Things have really progressed well there since we were n’t here before the summer. Yes, they worked even during the holidays this summer. Yeah. The courtyard and the plasterwork on this part of the building are already finished. Yeah. Work is progressing well at the Espiguette lighthouse. This listed monument overlooking the Camargue has been undergoing a serious facelift for the past year. This lighthouse is still in its original composition. It has undergone very, very little transformation. So we see here, at least at the end of the work carried out by the commune of Gros du Roi, we will be able to find the lighthouse as it was in 1869, the year it was first lit, and that’s truly something exceptional to be able to take this journey through history. The structure was acquired by the Conservatoire du Littoral, which entrusted its management to the Tourist Office, eager to enjoy it. So normally, if all goes well, it’s delivery at the end of November and then time to get set up, work on the visit, work on all these spaces a little bit and an opening in February 2023. Until now, the lighthouse, still in operation, was not open to the public. Soon, visitors will be able to access it by taking the path built through the dune. The highlight of the show will undoubtedly be the climb to the lantern. And there, the exterior of the tower has been restored, the scaffolding has been removed. On the other hand, the staircase, it is still being restored with a large scaffolding. Oh yeah, it’s really impressive. Fortunately for the public, the climb will soon be easier and the efforts rewarded. There you go, it’s always the wow effect when you arrive here since the Camargue has an extremely flat territory and the lighthouse offers a 30 m high Belveder. The Conservatoire du Littoral is a public institution without equivalent in Europe whose mission is to watch over our shores. The mission of the coastal conservatory is mainly to acquire natural spaces to protect them from urbanization and achieve a sort of balance between seaside resorts, urbanized areas, and natural spaces. Coastal natural spaces are relatively rare. So they are interesting environments, important to preserve. All 750 sites owned by the conservatory cover more than 13% of the French coastline. Remarkable landscapes like the Viguera marshes. It was in 1992 that the public institution began to buy back its wetlands from a multitude of landowners. We had agricultural land, so for the production of rice or other cereals. We had fish farms, and in particular, we had hunting ponds, and then it was also a livestock breeding ground for a long time, depending on the sector. That’s it, but it was essentially agricultural and hunting. At the time, the Fosse Surmer port area located just opposite wanted to expand and was adorning it with its land. The conservatory intervened because it had identified the area’s strong ecological potential. Thirty years later, the site has become a small biodiversity hotspot. Among birds, there are more than 300 species that visit the site more or less regularly. For example, the site is known for being home to the great-striker. It’s the protected natural site and, in particular, the national nature reserve, which hosts the most strikers in France. We welcome more than 10% of the population of this species, and this is also true for the heron. Like all the sites of the conservatory, the marshes are open to the public in order to raise awareness of the richness of our environment and its necessary preservation. In Saint-Mandrier, the Coulière beach is famous for its pebbles, codoulets in Provençal, which gave it its name. Less popular than some fine sand beaches, it nevertheless has its aficionados like Josette. life. It’s my favorite beach. It’s very natural, lots of gravel, it’s very clean, and it’s immediately open to the sea. I knew it here with the parking lot behind it, and I prefer this site now because it’s much more natural. We no longer have car fumes. In the spring, the beach underwent a serious facelift. Gone are the developments of the 70s. Parking at the raft, old tennis courts and asphalt. The beach has been renatured. I came here a little in the spring and I saw that there was some development work going on, uh, at the back of this beach, and uh, and then today was the discovery, and indeed I think it retains all its natural aspect, it adds vegetation and then it fits well into the setting. I like it a lot. If the plantations will have to wait a little longer to reach their full potential, the change is visible. Nature seems to have reclaimed its rights. With this de-artificialization operation, the coastal conservatory wanted to show that man could also repair what he had once damaged. That’s Marseille there that we see just opposite. Yes, that’s it. You have the calangue de Newon which is right there that you see. They are there. Ah, it’s charming. They’re wedged in, eh. Well, you see, we’re changing scenery a bit compared to yesterday, in Port Debout where it was very industrial, and here I’m bringing you to my other job. I’m a freelance nature guide, business manager, president of the nature guide association. Yeah, I know it’s a bit much, but you’ll see that for me it’s actually super logical. Ultimately, all these activities reconnect on the same central point: nature and its ecosystem, its environment. It makes you want to breathe. No, it’s not bad there. Here, we’re good. Here, it’s the south, as they say. It’s the south. I took you on trails where I bring people, the general public, I talk to them about fauna and flora, but above all, it’s a fragile environment, and so I suggest they pick up the trash. So we take some time during this nature walk to make this site beautiful again. But I also want to do something, so I brought you some bags. Oh, yeah, okay. We had everything planned. Well yes, always a bag on me. Always plastic. Oh well, what’s that? A bike pump? No, the end of a fishing rod. Look, you see, it’s a little broken. Oh well, it’s even completely broken, is that it? Let’s say it was forgotten. Hop. When you bring your groups here who initially come for a walk and you tell them they’re going to participate in cleaning up a site, how do they take it? Well, at first, of course, when we tell you that you’re going to pick up other people’s waste, you’re a little reluctant, and then finally, when you see the beauty of the site, the fragility, and how it works, well, you want to take action. So in fact, I’m going to provoke an emotion to make people want to pick up this waste, and then finally, we’re going to go from 1 hour to 2 hours of picking up because, well, no, they want to leave the site clean. You catch them out of wonder, actually. That’s it. Look, you still have some right here. Hop. And here, look. You see, he dropped his box of hooks. So that’s super dangerous. It’s obviously not good for the environment, eh, if it goes back into the sea, but a child would come running here on foot We could get hurt too, or anyone else. And there’s a nylon fishing line. Ah, a small bottle worm has absolutely no place here. You know that by picking up all the trash, we can tell ourselves a story. The guy broke his fishing rod or because of the so he retrieved the line and he made a wild line with a pebble, disappointed. He smoked 47 cigarettes washed down with a small beer. When you’re a nature guide, you’re ultimately always engaged all the time. You’re engaged as a business leader, you’re engaged as president of the association. But all these activities, what’s the link? What’s the common point? It’s to connect people with each other. It’s to connect the scientific world with the general public, it’s to get messages across so that everyone wants to act. And then it’s a satisfaction to say to yourself “Ah, that’s it, I’m going to spend an hour talking about nature with a group and then they’ll leave.” We say “Ah, well, I’m going to take on this challenge of reducing by taking a water bottle, so reducing obtaining plastic, you know, very simple things.” So there, yes, it’s satisfying. You say “It’s satisfying with such a smile, such a shine in the eyes that we have the impression that you are happy or fulfilled or passionate. In fact, that’s it. I am passionate and I like to share. So of course, well, I’m smiling. She shares her smile. No, it makes you want to smile. Well, we are here. in the wind. Not too bad. Yeah, with a landscape, you worked really well on the decor. Bravo. All night, I shaped it. I brought Marseille back to the coast. It’s still fantastic to think that I can work by the sea while going to the city a little for conferences and for the work I do, but be disconnected very quickly just a stone’s throw away. But really, nature is there, it’s right there and so it’s great. And that’s what makes me vibrate while working here. Is that why you put your suitcases down here? Yes. Hm. Come on, thank you. And the sea bream fillet is magnificent. Thank you very much. Bon appétit. Thank you. Well, listen, bon appétit. Yeah, bon appétit. Here, I’ll toast with a little water. Come on, to the Mediterranean. Come on. You carry out all your projects with a big smile, that dazzling smile. But in reality, it’s difficult. No, it’s not that it’s difficult, it takes a long time. You have to have a lot of perseverance because the most complicated thing in any entrepreneurial project is convincing. Do you feel that the fact that you’re a young woman complicates your task? Young and a woman, I’ve had both, I’ve had several times, but you don’t have enough experience, you can’t get started, you’re not from here because I’m not from Marseille, I’m not from the south of France, I’m not even from mainland France, so obviously, I’m made to understand that a lot. of people it was too much, too much. You say “I’m not from here, I’m not from this world, but then where are you from? I was born in Kenya because my parents worked at the United Nations, my mother as a nurse and then she wanted peace, nature and a French department and we chose Guyana. In terms of nature, you are served by this engine, what you discovered so nature, the sea, you have the impression that this is what makes me move forward, I move forward, I move forward and yes, I will convince them. Yes, this is what makes me move forward every day. As long as I don’t have a wall in front of me where they will give me a definitive name, I continue to move forward. And you see, it’s been 6 years, 7 years now that I’ve been on the project and on the projects and finally, well, we’re here at the edge of this cliff, having put in a reef, recycling fishing nets, having created a whole economy around a waste that becomes a resource and having brought people with us into this project. Why this Mediterranean rather than a Caribbean Sea, an Atlantic Ocean? Finally, For me, the Mediterranean is a playground that I discover and that one day, I say to myself I’m going to duplicate it elsewhere. When we see that, we don’t want to protect it anyway. Really, Sabine, I have to thank you for all this energy that you give. You give off a crazy energy that Yeah. that does a lot of good, that makes you want to. It makes you want to, so much the better, I’ll continue to smile. There’s a jump there. Maybe we can get that one. This morning, Jacky and his gang got together for a rather special fishing trip in the Gulf of Juan-les-Pins. We’re going to try to uncouple the deckchair. We’re going to make a few attempts, guys. There are a lot of us. It’s a lot because a power. Come on. These freedivers are former underwater fishermen. As they got older, freediving in the open sea was less and less recommended. They then got closer to the shore and had a very unpleasant surprise. When we got closer to the shore, we saw areas really impacted by bulky items, the rubbish, the rubbish, the rubbish, the rubbish. We took out paint, batteries, and we said to ourselves, why not do something? And the association was born like that in 2016, Fond Bleu. Today, some have put away their harpoons, but they meet every week to fish for waste around Antibe, and they never come back empty-handed. We’re proud to remove the rubbish, but we tell ourselves that what we’re doing is a small drop in an ocean of rubbish. Beneath the surface, the big blue hides a darker side. Every year, 600,000 tons of plastic waste end up in the Mediterranean. According to the VVF, no area is spared. Even the most beautiful postcard landscapes don’t stand up to close examination. In fact, when you arrive on site, you don’t immediately see that it’s polluted. We don’t see the problem right away, and as soon as we dig a little deeper, we realize that in the end, we get there, but we find it everywhere. Based on the observation that 80% of the waste found at sea comes from land, the Wings of the Ocean association is dedicated to cleaning up coastal areas. A great catch. Well done. Last year, Geoffrey and the other volunteers based on the banks of the Ber estuary collected 16 tons of waste in a 7-month mission. In addition to the cleanup work, the association tries to raise public awareness about pollution problems through its actions. So, I came to do a civic act and to educate my 6-year-old son about the right actions to take for the planet. There you go. And to do something collectively and not just for yourself. A cleanup action always ends with meticulous sorting. There’s a lollipop stick. No less than twenty different bins depending on the type of waste. Even when we sort these bins correctly, in the end, about 20% of the waste is recycled. Here with Wings of the Ocean, with this sorting, with this local partnership work, we manage to recycle well over 50% of the waste we collect. To achieve this recycling rate, which is twice the average, we had to find partners capable of recovering these materials. Yoyo is one of these young companies. Its raw material is PET, in other words, plastic bottles. Here, they are stuffed and the copos are transformed into wire which is then used to power a 3D printer. Here, in front of us, we have a surfboard that is being 3D printed. In fact, it’s the core of the board that we’re printing here and it’s printed with plastic waste. In fact, this 3D-printed core replaces the foam blocks typically used to make surfboards. This change in materials also offers the possibility of creating a custom-made core. So here we have our 3D-printed core made from plastic waste . Usually, making a board is a cocktail of petrochemicals. Here, all the components have been replaced with natural and bio-sourced materials. We have observed that surfboards are toxic products for both individuals and the environment, that they are not recyclable or are very rarely recyclable, and that, on top of that, they are extremely polluting. So that doesn’t correspond at all with the mindset of the vast majority of people who practice this sport. So there is a real paradox. Surfers can now combine their love of surfing with that of the big blue. Initiatives to combat pollution are increasingly numerous. But to hope to change the situation, there needs to be a change of scale, with communities taking charge of the problem. Two years ago, the mayor of Cagne-sur-Mer installed this net at the outlet of the rainwater drainage outlet in the port district. We’ve never had a result like that. But there’s a lot of waste there. You’re right, it’s the first time he’s been like this. Watch out, a real catch, as they say. That’s it, there’s some everywhere. Bottles, fragments of plastic, glass bottles, balloons, Mo. Mo. There must be a few thousand of them. The everyday consumables that should be in the bins but end up in the rainwater systems because people throw them in the waste grates, and if local authorities like the commune of Can don’t get involved, well, in fact, all that ends up contaminating the seas and oceans. Without this system, these 300 kg of trash would have already reached the sea. Stéphane Assan began developing his nets in 2010. Since then, he has installed 450 in France and the French overseas territories, capturing more than 250 tons of waste. This net is an extraordinary net today that can equip any size of hydraulic structure, that can withstand all hydrodynamic thrusts, storms, submersions. In fact, it’s truly a French invention. It’s a patent. We’re very proud of it because France is ahead of the rest of the world, it must be said. And today, it’s truly an indispensable tool for solving this problem of pollution of the seas. These devices are not reserved for coastal communities. They are being installed everywhere because the garbage from rivers and streams inevitably ends up offshore, and it’s much easier to capture waste on land than to clean the sea. Pierre, how are you? Welcome. Oh, I’m so happy. I’m very pleased to have you in Monaco. Well, I’m very happy to be here. What I suggest is that we start the day because it’s relatively early by going to the market because I’d like to show you my world, take you underwater with me to discover what freediving is and maybe a little scuba diving too. Are you OK? Yes, I’m OK. Let’s go. These are some fish that you and I might encounter in the sea soon. So that’s what’s there in the waters just behind the market. Fish, you’ve seen dozens, hundreds of different species there in your training. Hundreds of thousands in your training. So in my training but not at great depths. It’s less populated. When I was setting records at 123 m, I had my eyes closed. You know, 123 m is scary. You really have your eyes closed. I have my eyes closed on the descent. I don’t have a mask. And your world champion titles? So, I have four world record titles and I have four French titles between 96 and 98. I was lucky enough to have four French records in French net, being Monegasque and I was super proud for my team who were all French, you understand? So, I brought them back a cup, a medal. It was great because well, we’re not French but still a lot of similarities, right? Coming back, we see that we’re still more efficient resting. Ah well look. Hello, How are you? Do you know him? Who doesn’t? Who knows him? I didn’t work for years with his father. Ah, okay. Great fisherman. My father was a really great fisherman. Ciao. Hi. Have a nice day. So your father already spent a lot of time in the water and we wondered when she would come out again? Actually, that’s the story. I became, uh, a spearfisher and freediver because my father was a spearfisherman. It’s a kind of pancake made of what? It’s chickpea. But we could have some for lunch too? No, of course. But why wait until lunch? Here, try this. And it’s really, really good. Delicious. What language did you speak there? Enigas. Local? Local, long live madam, compulsory at school, eh. Is that true or of course, and it’s an option for the baccalaureate, as they say, delicious Monegasque, like that, you have sunglasses? Yes, of course. I advise you to put them on because we’re going up in altitude here. Up in altitude at the top of the rock. It’s true that when you look at Monaco like that, it can be a little scary. Well, it looks very built-up, eh. But we have to address a real problem here. Housing 35 to 38,000 people in less than 2 square kilometers, enormous population density. Exactly. Welcome to our home on the aptly named Place du Palais. To give you a little idea, that’s where the Prince’s office is. Do you know the Prince or his office? The Prince. Yes, of course. Do you know him well? Yes. As he’s a great defender of the environment, a great lover of the sea and the oceans, these are passions we have in common. So, I organize everything that has to do with the environment with the sovereign and we do a lot of expedition stages and missions like that. You’re super involved in the life of the city. This is my country, I love it, so I defend it, and even if sometimes things go wrong, I defend it because it’s family. And yes, I’m involved because I’m concerned. You see, my school is over there on the left. OK. Your diving school, the blue school over there. The blue school isn’t just about going to see fish and learning to protect them. It’s first and foremost about being a human being with values. When the children arrive at the blue school, first of all, we make a pact between us. They have a charter to recite. I, pirate of the abyss, promise from this day forward to protect nature at my own risk, to save fresh water, to sort my waste, to prevent pollution, to save the turtles, to save the whales, to save the dolphins, to save the sharks. Long live nature. Long live the pirates. Who are we? We are pirates. Pirates boarding. When you recite this sermon, it makes my skin crawl. I think my hairs stand on end. I admit, I almost always have a kind of sob when I do it. It’s only when I’m laughing, and it’s not just for laughs. It’s when you’re smiling, but you really convey your very strong values. They’re mine, eh. It’s all emotional there , eh. They’re yours. No, it’s the sun. Yes. Oh, that sun stings. In Beaulieu-sur-Mer, at the very end of the rocky point of the Baie des Fourmis, the Côte d’Azur suddenly takes on the air of the Cyclades. The Villa Kerilos was built for a wealthy archaeologist at the beginning of the 19th century. A false antiquity but a true success. It is in this setting that the glass artist Antoine Pierini chose to exhibit his creations. From the peristyle, these green reeds tower over the Carar marble columns. These works bring color and light without being fake in this ancient setting. It is a work that is called contemporary vestige. So it represents a fort with fairly pure shapes and lines. We see a lot of engraving work that has been done on it that evokes the movement of the waves, the reflections of the sun on the water. For me, the fort is an iconic Mediterranean object that was made by all the Mediterranean civilizations and it is a beautiful example of connection between these people and me, I try to treat it in a way sculptural and to make them like characters, idols, a kind of totems. For more than 10 years, the Big Blue has irrigated his work. From his travels to Italy, Greece, and Tunisia, he brings back the feeling of a collective identity despite differences. The C prê illustrates this common destiny well. It is a tree that lives a very long time, that is very tall, that symbolizes life, death, but also that colonized the entire Mediterranean coast during antiquity over the centuries. And today, we cannot imagine landscapes in Spain, in Tuscany without thinking so closely. Antoine Pierini is not only a fine technician of blown green, he is an artist who does not hesitate to break the codes and have fun with the material. How does his work bear witness after the battle? It is here between Nice and Antibe, in the pretty little village of Biotte that the sculptor grew up. He settled in a former 16th-century olive oil mill that was once the workshop of his father, Robert Pierini, nicknamed the glass couturier. He fell into this material at a very young age. From a very young age, I touched glass, I started making my bills. Well, it’s always been a notion of play, of pleasure for me. Glass is still a unique material that plays with light and can be transparent, opaque, it can be fragile, it can be strong, it can be light, it can be heavy. Well, all these contradictions, I find them really interesting to exploit. At the moment, Antoine is not in production. So, he is opening his furnace to other glassmakers. Here, he has just added colored glass with metallic oxides. It’s in powder form. So the color can be integrated in different ways. Here, we roll in a powder. Artists who came from far away since they are Americans from Seattle. Did you do that this morning? Yes, we did this one, this one. OK. We did this lid too. OK, that’s the only part we had done before coming. Then we’ll reconnect with chains. Yeah, I saw. It’s very delicate. K and her husband David Walters will spend 3 weeks here in residence in the heart of Provence. Antoine is not only providing them with his studio but also his entire technical team. I think working with new people is always very inspiring. It’s like being in a new place, it’s always inspiring. The good thing about glass is that you can arrive in a studio with people who don’t speak your language, but because you’re doing the same thing, you can understand each other, which is great. Since we all share a common language that is non-verbal, we can work together. The world of glass artists is tiny. A few hundred studios around the world. In his youth, Antoine visited a number of them, he sometimes put down his suitcases and this deeply enriched his work. When you don’t leave your home, your little studio, you think there’s only one way to do things and maybe you’re not enough of a risk-taker and by dint of traveling, seeing other ways of working with green, other techniques, well, you realize in fact that almost anything is possible and that’s really what I remember from all my travels. Today, by welcoming artists in residence, Antoine is giving back a little of what he received. Tonight, there’s osobo, it will have to be translated into English, Milanese osobo. And for these Americans, the change of scenery and undoubtedly the inspiration are also partly found outside the studio walls. Uh, miss, how are you? Yes. Did you sleep well? Yes. Are you rested? A little. We’re going to do some mindfulness work on ventilation. So first, show me how you ventilate. Could you blow out? Very good. And could you inhale through your mouth? Well, I say very good, but in fact, it’s very bad. Okay? So if we blow out, the diaphragm rises, I push on your stomach and it hollows out. Relax. Try to relax. And then, you let go while inhaling. There you go, you haven’t made any movement here and your lungs have filled. People do that. Hence the emotion, hence the high lung pressure? Hence the anxiety, hence the fear, hence the impatience, hence the stress, everything surrounding sport, ventilation, contraction, freediving , everything is paradoxical compared to normal life. So now, I’m going to take off my t-shirt so you can see the diaphragm working. Okay? And to stretch all that a little, is that okay? Yes. We inhale. You exhale. I breathe anyway. Again. It starts with an exhalation. Try to relax. And then it’s muscular. Very good. Look at me. Thank you, Pierre. So there, I’m ready to slip into the sea. Completely ready for you to slip into the sea, to breathe in, to freedive. Do you do this every day? I do this every day. I teach it, I train, I practice every day. Even if you’re more in competition. Especially if I’m more in competition. And now, it’s for the good in your everyday life. It’s to be better in my everyday life. Yeah. Well, I feel good about my life this morning. Here we are. Welcome to the Oceanographic Museum. I mean at the foot of the museum. Okay, so the aquariums here, they’re underneath. Yeah, I have the track. Well listen, to erase this track, I’m going to make you dream. Underneath, there’s a wreck. It’s a wreck that I moved in 2013. It was in the outer harbor of Monaco and with the support of the Prince’s government, we lifted it from the bottom, it took us 4 months, we moved it, we brought it here to create what we call an artificial reef, an ecological bridge. So what I’m offering you is an introduction to deep freediving. Deep means deep, but we’ll go where you’re simply capable of going. Well, if I go where I can go without a lens, I have less track. Cross your legs and let’s go. Very good. 5 m. Oh yes, the limiting aspect in diving when you start like that is time. So if you want to gain a little depth, you’ll have to progress slightly more quickly. Now, we’re going to move maybe to the bottom, which is much more normal for freediving. I saw it. Did you see it? I saw it. It’s beautiful. Yeah. It’s not capable in fact. And it’s only the beginning of the session at 9 m. You stayed at least 20 seconds hanging on doing nothing. It’s a shame. Well, I looked, we can go down a little bit more to see it better. You saw it well There, it’s incredible. There was 17 m. I saw it better. In fact, it’s Yeah, it’s a bit emotional, eh. It’s the fact of being there in this environment. In fact, I find that blue is super beautiful. It touches me. And also, I’m proud of myself and it touches me to say I can do a little more than I thought. Of course, in theory, you have the capacity to easily go down to 20 m, but very easily. Well, I suggest you now take a bottle and go see it for real. To go there as you are, that is to say, a scuba diver. Yeah. To go visit it and I’ll join you on call. I’m already amazed by the visibility, the light and the color on this wreck. And then it’s super inhabited. In fact, it’s a hatchery. It’s a place where fish come to reproduce. There are lots of baby fish born here and there are all the big predators that come to feed on them. The Toulonis reef, this wreck, it plays a dominant role. It really creates an ecological bridge between the Saint Nicolas and its rocks here. It’s really a hatchery. Thank you Pierre for the visit to the aquarium and especially thank you for this introduction to the APE. In fact, I feel like you’ve brought me into your world. You’re magical. But hey, the sea is magical anyway, isn’t it? Yeah. Thank you with pleasure. Ah, that’s great. I’m actually really moving. Welcome home. Thank you. This is the end of our beautiful escape dedicated to the Mediterranean. It makes us realize the privilege granted to our fellow French people to be able to so easily access landscapes of great variety and great beauty, rich in color and rich in light. The most exciting thing about this journey is, of course, the encounters with these people committed to preserving this Mediterranean. Sabine, thank you for your bright smile and your tenacity. Sylvain, thank you for sharing with us your love for nature and the sea, this love that you pass on to your daughter. Pierre, thank you for having amazed us by allowing us to discover the underwater world. All of you remind us that to preserve the Mediterranean, every gesture counts, even the most modest. Let’s stay in touch via social networks. The replay will be available soon. All that’s left for me to say is see you soon, and until then, take care of the oceans and yourselves. It goes together.