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In the past few days, I’ve read four highly interesting books. Initially, one caught my eye on the Bloom Association website: “The Blue Age: Saving the Ocean” by Anne Bénoliel Defréville, a French author. When I tried to order it, I came across Anne Bénoliel Defréville’s other books. I also visited the local library to find similar books, and the librarian suggested “The Brute and the Divine” to me.

All four of them are beautifully illustrated, graphic novels with hand-painted watercolor art. Here is their description, from left to right:

• “Sephardim: The epic story of a Jewish family spanning 3,000 years” by Anne Bénoliel Defréville:
  • This book caught my attention because it could be an engaging way to tell the story of my ancestors. Though this is a different personal project from my blog, and has nothing to do initially with Ocean Conservation, I could weave into it an Ocean Conservation vision.
• “An Anthropological Journal of the Animal Cause” by Anne Bénoliel Defréville and Léa Compère (published by Futuropolis):
  • The book explores the plight of different types of species (fish, birds, mammals…) and describes the work of the corresponding NGO’s aimed specifically at each type of species.
  • It tells the story of Enna, who questions the place of humanity and seeks to understand the challenges of the animal cause through encounters and reports.
  • Enna gradually becomes aware of human cruelty towards animals in the sectors of food, luxury, health, and research. She brings to light human contradictions and denounces the human-induced extermination of animals.
• “The Brute and the Divine” by Léonard Chemineau (published by Rue de Sèvres in 2023):
  • Eva, an engineer, embarks on a mission to repair a weather station on a deserted paradise island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
  • A maritime ship coming to extract rare minerals ransacks the ocean depths in the name of ecological transition, and threatens to wreak ecological havoc on the island’s biodiversity and ecosystem.
  • What will Eva do to prevent this disaster and preserve her peace haven?
  • I also greatly appreciated the way the book was produced: vegetable ink, recycled paper, cover without plastic film.
• “The Blue Age: Saving the Ocean” by Anne Bénoliel Defréville:
  • Two fish, who were once humans, search the ocean for a remedy to the shower of fine particles that fell on the earth in the year 2030.
  • The novel is dark and absurd with an atypical sense of humor.
  • Though the plot is underdeveloped and unfolds slowly, the story is worth reading. The illustrations are magnificent. The novel effectively raises awareness for the mechanisms of pollution and its long-term repercussions on civilization.
  • Again, I appreciated the way the book was printed, on recycled paper and with a cover without plastic film.

The last three readings were informative and beneficial to me and the Ocean Conservation cause. They allowed me to be completely immersed in, and connected to, Ocean Conservation. This feeling deeply nourished and relaxed me. Buy purchasing them, I support the artists, the authors, and the Ocean Conservation cause. Additionally, by sharing them with my colleagues and family, I also contributed to Ocean Conservation awareness. As an added action, I could leave book reviews on some websites.

Let’s make Ocean conservation waves!