Our Mission

Overview

our Water Planet is critical to our survival...

Jacques-Yves Cousteau is the father of underwater sea exploration. Working with scientists and inventors to increase his capacity for underwater research, he was the first user of the Aqua-Lung; the world’s first underwater breathing apparatus that enabled humans to spend prolonged periods underwater. Cousteau understood before others did how critical our Water Planet is to our survival. And he dedicated his life to learning about what lay beneath the sea… creatures, plants, entire ecosystems, all of the hidden treasures whose life cycles impact our own. With global warming, increased shoreline development, pollution, plastic infiltrating our oceans, the mass extinction of species that have survived millennia, the mandate to protect what we love has never been as urgent as it is today. The only way to protect what we love is to understand the levers that keep it alive, resilient and sustainable. The Cousteau Society has been exploring the seas since 1975, establishing protected areas for endangered species, advocating for the silent world which cannot advocate for itself, and educating children and adults so that they can carry on his legacy of protecting our Water Planet. Now led by Jacques Cousteau’s widow, Francine Cousteau, the Society continues to be at the forefront of environmental protection and ocean research.This website is by PokiesAUS.com website that allows you to play pokie games for free

Why our water planet matters

Why should we care about our oceans? It is quite simple: our very survival depends upon the survival of our Water Planet.

The ocean produces half of the air that we breathe and nearly 20% of the protein that we eat. As meat consumption proves increasingly hazardous to our planet, nutrition from the sea will become increasingly important.

Sea creatures’ adaptations to climate change (or their failure to thrive) can indicate how we on land will adapt as well. All species are linked. We are interdependent.

Our oceans are the key to regulating climate change. Covering 70% of our planet, they transfer the most heat. As water temperature increases, our planet gets warmer, and vice versa.

The ocean holds numerous microbes, proteins, and compounds that are used in life saving medicines. We have barely scratched the surface of the medicinal possibilities therein.

What The Cousteau Society Does

“Every explorer I have met has been driven—not coincidentally but quintessentially—by curiosity, by a single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to know.”

― Jacques-Yves Cousteau, The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World Tweet

We explore, document, and advocate.

Our mission is to uncover the secrets held within our Water Planet, use our knowledge to influence world policy that will help us protect our planet, and educate people so that they will care about our Water Planet and work to keep it alive and healthy for future generations.

Founded in 1973 by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the Society has more than 50,000 concerned members worldwide.

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Each and every one of your contributions will help us in the fight to protect marine life and biodiversity. All donations directly support our expeditions, programs and research efforts.

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