About Philippe Cousteau
Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather Jacques Cousteau and his father Philippe Sr., Philippe Cousteau has built his career around the mission of protecting and restoring our Ocean. Philippe is a globally recognized thought leader, storyteller, and entrepreneur driving towards a better future.
As an Ocean Storyteller:
Through his company Voyacy Media, Philippe is the host and executive producer of the multi-Emmy nominated weekly syndicated series Awesome Planet, now in its seventh season.
In 2016 Philippe teamed up with his wife Ashlan to co-host Nuclear Sharks, the #1 show for Discovery’s Shark Week. As a special correspondent for CNN, he has hosted several award-winning shows, including his series Going Green which ran for four years. Philippe has also hosted and produced other television programs for various networks including Animal Planet and his 8-part series Oceans for the BBC and Discovery Channel.
Recently Philippe and his wife Ashlan were the stars of The Travel Channel’s hit series Caribbean Pirate Treasure; winner of a Cynopsis Media Award for Best Adventure Reality Series.
Voyacy Media has also worked with several leading companies such as Carrier, United Technologies, United Airlines and more to help them tell more authentic stories about their sustainability work.
In recognition of their work, Philippe and Ashlan were awarded the Ocean Champions award in 2023 by the International Ocean Film Festival.
As an author, Philippe’s children’s book, Follow the Moon Home has been chosen for the prestigious Bluebonnet Award Master List. In addition, he has co-written, Going Blue and Make a Splash, both of which have won multiple awards, including Learning Magazine’s Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family, a Gold Nautilus Award, ForeWord Reviews’ Book of the Year Gold Award. He is the author of a middle grade book series, The Endangereds, with Harper Collins and his latest book, Oceans for Dummies, which he co-authored with his wife Ashlan.
As an Ocean Entrepreneur:
Philippe is the CEO and co-founder of Voyacy ReGen. For 25 years, Voyacy ReGen’s team, led by our chief scientist Dr.David Vaughan has pioneered coastal restoration technology and has literally written the groundbreaking book on Active Coral Restoration. Now Voyacy is bringing coastal infrastructure and coral regeneration to a commercial scale never before imagined in order to deliver critically needed capacity and deep restoration know-how to market.
But restoration is not enough. Philippe believes in the power of resort destinations to drive positive impact in coastal communities. Philippe has worked with some of the leading architecture and engineering companies like Foster & Partners, Gensler, and ARUP to design eco-attractions for resorts around the world. His company, Voyacy Places, is co-led by the legendary Robert Ward, who spent 25 years as the Co-Founder and key executive of Universal Studios Theme Parks think tank development team and who is credited with bringing Universal Studios Theme Parks in Los Angeles, Florida, and Japan to life.
As an Ocean Educator:
In 2005 he founded EarthEcho International; a leading environmental education organization that is building a global youth movement to restore and protect our ocean planet. Driven by the recognition that in order to build a durable global conservation movement we must focus on empowering a new generation with the knowledge, tools, and agency to act. EarthEcho’s work is driving a new generation of youth to become ardent and active ocean restorationists. To date, EarthEcho has activated over 2 million youth in 146 countries through its programs.
Philippe holds an honorary doctorate in marine biology from the University of Plymouth in England. He is a sought-after speaker having hosted and keynoted various events including for the United Nations, Harvard University, the University of Florida, the Society of Environmental Journalists, The Economist Magazine global summit, GIIN, Masters of Scale and more. He has testified before Congress several times and serves on the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund, the Board of Antarctica 2030, and the Board of Advisors of the Environmental Media Association. He lives in Los Angeles CA with his wife Ashlan, two daughters Vivienne and Colette and their husky Kenai.