The flower of the ocean
45000 liters of fossil fuel keeps the island of Ile de Sein off the French coast running every years.
The island in the sun. The flower of the ocean. Enez-sun in Breton.
The legendary Breton island in the Atlantic Ocean, off Finistère in westernmost france, has many names. According to legend, the island of Ile de Sein, the Breton island in the Atlantic Ocean off Finistère in western most France, was once home to nine druid women who control the weather. A fishing society charged with a sinister history of 300 shipwrecks, this Island is the continent frontier towards the west.
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Battling the elements for centuries, Ile de Sein is 1,5 square kilometres of bare stubbornness. Now they are battling the French governmental energy company - EDF - who is blocking their initiatives to implement green energy, and fighting the industrialised fishing fleet that are weeping their shores from fish stocks. All electricity stems from fuel, and the island's inhabitants fight tirelessly against the authorities that are banning them from implementing the variety of green solutions the island has long since acquired.
Francois Spinec (76), is one of the last fishermen of Ile de Sein. He has pulled his livelihood across the rim of his boat since childhood. Spinec has now sold his boat to a youngster and pledges to transfer to the younger generations the traditional methods of “soft fishing”, with minimal intrusion and damage to life in the sea.
While also standing on the barricades to fight for autonomy and green energy on the island, a fight that has lasted since the 1970’s, Spinec has no time to rest.
