Provost's Lecture Featuring Céline Cousteau: Environmental Activist, Filmmaker and Author

We are One Human Tribe

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Céline Cousteau visited OSU and gave her Provost's Lecture on March 10, 2025. The recording of her lecture will be available until April 1, 2025. 

Céline Cousteau has traveled the world, documenting the intersection of nature and humans, sharing her experiences through documentaries, lectures, workshops, and her first book. From the jungles of the Amazon to the Arctic tundra, people have always maintained strong connections with the natural world around them. In fact, their very survival depends on their knowledge and relationship with nature herself. Céline reveals how our cultures and the plants and animals that surround us are all interconnected, illustrating that the protection of the environment is the survival of us all. Rooted in Céline's studies in Psychology and Intercultural Relations, human wellness and planetary health are at the core of this engaging talk. Embark on this thought-provoking talk as Céline gently peels back layers, revealing the psychological aspects of our innate connection to the world so we can better understand nature's quiet influence on shaping our cultures and collective well-being.

The Provost's Lecture featuring Céline Cousteau was the second event in the 2024-25 series. Cousteau is an environmental activist, filmmaker, and author. Her lecture entitled, "We are One Human Tribe" will document the intersection of nature and humans, revealing the psychological aspects of our innate connection to the world. Following the lecture, Céline Cousteau sat down in a moderated Q&A with Michael Nelson, professor of environmental ethics and philosophy in the College of Forestry and director of the Center for the Future of Forests and Society. 

Free Film Fridays: Tribes on the Edge directed by Céline Cousteau

7 p.m. Friday, March 7 | Detrick Concert Hall, PRAx

Tribes on the Edge: A Film Screening

PRAx will stream Céline Cousteau's film Tribes on the Edge during their Free Film Fridays Series on March 7. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come first, served. 

Tribes on the Edge follows filmmaker Céline Cousteau as she returns to the Brazilian Amazon after a fateful email from Beto of the Marúbo tribe beckons her back to help tell his people’s story. Céline ventures into the heart of the jungle to explore the health crises and the threats to land and human rights of the Indigenous Peoples of the Vale do Javari, expanding the view to how this is relevant to our own lives. From a history of invaders bringing devastating diseases all the more relevant in our current global pandemic, to the ongoing illegal activities including hunting, gold mining and deforestation, to the alarming dismantling of all protection of their land and human rights by the Brazilian government. Much more than a narrative of tribal reality in the Amazon, the film provides a perspective on how our future is interwoven with theirs and with nature. The indigenous communities are fighting to protect their home, critical to the ecological balance of our planet, and as a result...they protect us.

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Céline Cousteau is an environmental activist, international speaker, documentary filmmaker, facilitator, and author committed to sharing the vital message of interconnectivity between humans and the natural world. With a degree in Psychology & a Masters in Intercultural Relations, Céline weaves storytelling and experiential practices to help people reconnect to self, community, and Nature.

Founder of CauseCentric Productions, Céline creates impactful, cause-focused content including her feature film, Tribes on the Edge, made at the request of the Indigenous Peoples of the Vale do Javari in the Brazilian Amazon. Catalyzed by the film, Céline co-founded The Javari Project, a for-purpose organization that implements tangible actions for the Indigenous Peoples of the Javari.

Fluent in three languages, Céline’s career has taken her around the globe to the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, to corporate events and universities, and in retreats, workshops, and television programs. Her new podcast Interconnected (in development) will bring the voices of today’s leaders in diverse fields ranging from neuroscience and climatology, from business to music, to entertainment and wellness, focusing on an interconnected approach and mindset to today’s most pressing questions and the part we play in the answers.

In 2024, Céline will join an incredible expedition that will map the length of the Amazon River from a newly discovered spring in Peru, to the Atlantic Ocean : Amazon River: From Ice to Sea. Céline sits on the board of directors of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, USA – the first in the nation to plan the move of their dolphins to an ocean sanctuary. Her first book, Le monde après mon grand-père is published by Editions Fayard.