Nicolas Hulot
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Nicolas Hulot was born on April 30, 1955 in Lille. Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur and Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. Founder and president of the Fondation Nicolas Hulot.
Hulot is the most famous ecologist and defender of nature in France. In his TV reports, he shows the damage done to the Earth by mankind and tries to sensitise the viewers to what motivates his support for the ecological change of conscience that he believes in.
In 2007, 5 out of 12 candidates to the French Presidential Elections signed his "Pacte Ecologique", affirming that the ecological problems will be the key in all the future decisions concerning every political subjects. [1]
- 1973 to 1978: Agency photographer for SIPA Presse
- 1978 to 1987:radio journalist and producer for France Inter
- October 1992 to June 1995: Editor-in-chief of VSD Nature
- 1976 to 1993: Expedition organizer
- September 1987 to June 1995: Producer and presenter of "Ushuaïa, le magazine de l'Extrême" on TF1
- January 1996 to June 1997: Producer and presenter of TF1's "Opération Okavango"
- October 1998: Producer and presenter of TF1's "Ushuaïa Nature"
- December 1990: creation of the Ushuaïa Foundation, which was renamed Fondation Nicolas Hulot pour la Nature et l'Homme on January 1, 1995
[edit] Books written
- Ces enfants qui souffrent, published by P.A.C.,
- Tabarly, 45 ans de défis, published by P.A.C.,
- Les chemins de traverse, published by Lattès Paris, 1989, VLACC-number 00811951
- Chasseurs de pôles (with Jean-François Chaigneau), published by Albin Michel,
- États d'âme, published by Lattès Paris, 1991, ISBN 2-7096-0957-6
- Questions de nature, published by Plon,
- A mes risques et plaisirs, published by Plon.
- Le syndrôme du Titanic, published by Lgf, 01/2006, ISBN 2-7021-3418-1
- Pour un pacte écologique , published by Calmann-Levy ,11/2006, ISBN 2-7021-3742-3
[edit] External links
- http://www.fondation-nicolas-hulot.org/
- http://www.ecole-nicolas-hulot.org/
- http://www.planete-nature.org/
- http://www.sos-planete-eau.org/
- http://www.france24.com/france24Public/fr/archives/debats/2007/Fevrier/20070202-Talk-de-Paris-Hulot-Part-1.html
