Sunday Interview. Romain Troublé: "Above all, we need to be pragmatic to move forward on ecology."
Romain Troublé, CEO of the Tara Foundation, explains how he became a leading voice for the ocean cause. We meet an activist just days before negotiations resume on the international treaty against plastic pollution.
"When you protect an ecosystem, a piece of ocean, a bay, you see the effects in four or five years. That's what we need to tell people, we need to inspire them, not scare them," says Romain Troublé. Photo: Maxime Horlaville
You've worked for the Tara Foundation since it was founded by your aunt, Agnès Bourgois (Agnès b.) and her son Etienne, but little is known about you. What prompted you to write this book?
“It was the publisher Stock who contacted me. I ended up accepting to tell my story, which is not trivial, and especially my commitment. I want to tell people that it's never too late. I myself got involved late, at 33. This book is the journey of a kid who studies biology, but doesn't use it; who throws himself into high-level competition for the adrenaline rush; who goes to HEC, but instead of going to work in investment banking, goes to dig up mammoths in Siberia. At the beginning, it's also to...
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