Seek Adventure. Save the Ocean: A Message from PADI President & CEO, Drew Richardson delivered at DEMA 2019

After more than 50 years of hard work, dedication, passion for and belief in PADI? by our loyal membership and divers around the world, we are undeniably The Way World Learns to Dive?. Together we have become the trusted authority in diver education. PADI Members have been training millions of souls around the planet to confidently and comfortably explore the underwater world – from the surface to the abyss. The diving experience is sensory; it wraps around our bodies, our hearts and our souls.

Collectively, PADI is pulling millions of people into our family to educate, to explore and to act. These millions can help heal the ocean through their choices and look into the future with optimism. The PADI family is positioned to help monitor and steward ocean health for future generations by training a global community of passionate people who care about protecting the ocean, both above and below the surface.

This year and for years to come, we are making a bold commitment to both our legacy as responsible ancestors and to our future. In the next 50 years, the PADI family, through dedicated outreach and partnerships with like-minded concerned people and organizations, will aggregate a billion torchbearers to actively explore, steward and protect our ocean. Based on current population trends, to do this we will need to touch the lives of one out of every 10 people. This is PADI’s new mission: Create a billion torchbearers to explore and protect the ocean.

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