This project teaches local youth in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to be guardians of their ecosystem. In July 2020, with the help of 25 youth volunteers, they deployed 21 artificial reef units off the coast of Fisherman Island, Port Moresby. These volunteers will continue to monitor the growth, species abundance, diversity, and overall biomass on each reef. All survey methods will involve the collection of both still photos and video for post-field analysis and use for informational, outreach, and promotional materials.

Full Cycle Bioplastics is tackling both food waste and plastic pollution through their patented technology that converts organic waste into a compostable, biodegradable bioplastic (PHA). They are the only bioplastic that is cost-competitive with petroleum plastics and the only circular economy bioplastic company in the world. Their PHA is able to directly replace polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene and at its end-of-life, it can be up-cycled through our system into virgin PHA again.

This research project focuses on a natural self-defense chemical used by the sea cucumber species, Synaptula reticulata. The researchers hope to synthesize this natural repellent in the lab in order to use it as a natural pesticide for aqualculturists, which in turn can lead to faster growth rates and lower mortality of aquaculture-grown fish.

Using media, this program will highlight the issues facing the ocean surrounding Trinidad and Tobago, highlight research being conducted in the country, and the stories of coastal communities connected to the ocean. There will be six podcast episodes, 6 blog articles and an interactive magazine with content contributed by youth, industry experts, community members and researchers.

CalWave’s mission is to unlock the vast and steady carbon-free power from ocean waves (ESG Whitepaper). They bring superior power and monitoring technology to market with a global reach. Their proprietary wave energy converter technology achieves high performance while surviving storms and extreme conditions operating fully submerged.

Rumah Inspirasi Bontang is a 3-part solution to tackle plastic pollution in Berbas Pantai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The 3 parts are: 1) A “Coastal School” education program, targeting adolescents in their district; 2) A facilitated workshop on how to process waste, and 3) establishing a community-operated Waste Bank.

The project evaluated small pelagic fisheries' vulnerability to climate change (and local stakeholders' knowledge thereof) in Indramayu, Indonesia (Java Sea) which has the highest capture fisheries production in West Java. A fisheries practice and management recommendation was made based on the assessment as one of the initial efforts to implement climate resilient fisheries in Indramayu.

mymizu is a water refill platform connecting people to locations across Japan where they can refill their water bottles for free, instead of buying bottled water. With this grant, mymizu built a stronger community of refill partners, enabling tens of thousands of community members to kick the plastic habit, further raise awareness of ocean plastics, and step up the fight against single-use plastics in Japan and beyond!

This project incorporates workshop series, webinars, conferences, study tours, case studies, policy papers, and long-term online and offline campaigns to promote zero waste in Qatar.