Gonçalo MAR, an artist affiliated with the seabed mining advocacy group Sciaena, creates a deep sea mining mural in Lisbon for the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, whilst Sciaena will coordinate social media activations around his artwork.

To continue to raise awareness and affection for marine environments, OCR will produce 5 episodes on the fascinating ways fish, whales, and pinnipeds communicate, as well as the threats that noise pollution pose to their survival and ocean ecosystems at large. OCR has doubled its followers and views over the past year, thanks in large part to their well-produced videos on marine species.

Refill Store is a well-known zero-waste shop with the goal of providing an alternative shopping experience as a solution to reduce the use of single-use plastics which make up the majority of marine debris. Refill Store has been open in their pilot location in Kepulauan Seribu since February 2020, and have worked in partnership with SOA Partners Divers Clean Action. Products sold in the Refill Store include basic household items, such as body soap, shampoo, detergent, dish soap, and floor cleaning liquid. Funding for this project will go towards marketing and an educational program and reusable kit give-away at the local elementary school in Kepulauan Seribu

This project will educate students in Tidung Island (a small island near Jakarta that has been promoted by the local government for domestic tourism) about the SDG 14, and particularly about blue carbon ecosystems. The program starts with classroom lessons about the ocean and the SDG 14, followed by a mangrove and seagrass planting on the island. Students will then be in charge of regularly monitoring the growth of their mangroves and seagrasses.

Seawater Solutions creates, implements, and scales wetland farming solutions across target regions suffering from salinisation and other climate-threats to agriculture and our coastal wetlands. From aquaculture to saline agriculture, the company integrates nature-based solutions into sea-based industries to maximise the benefits that wetlands create for coastal communities.

Cruz Foam is a circular materials company that produces regenerative, earth-digestible protective packaging foam and other eco-friendly solutions that offer a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based products. Cruz Foam's patented products are circular in nature, using biopolymers found in nature to create a compostable material using the existing supply chain and at a similar cost. Cruz Foam currently works with consumer-packaged goods, electronics, appliance, and durable goods companies. Cruz Foam is a mission-driven company creating impact at scale by empowering industry leaders to be the catalyst for a cleaner environment.

This project is to specifically conduct the “Thresher Shark Champion Program”. The program will engage young communities of Alor to participate in ecological, fisheries monitoring, and conservation outreach programs to support the development of a local conservation policy in Alor. The Thresher Shark Champion Program will train local youths with leadership, communication, and conservation knowledge to undertake conservation initiatives that will stimulate behavior change in local communities who are targeting thresher sharks. This will help support the transition process to alternative livelihood solutions.

Sarita, founder of social enterprise Kasoi based in India, will pilot the removal and marketable uses (creating products for sale) of invasive seaweed, lionfish, and other species.

In Japan, the proportion of women engaged in occupations related to the ocean is significantly lower than that of men, and many women are not able to play an active role in marine-related fields. To address this issue, this project will help to: (1) Create an environment where the next generation of young people can develop marine literacy; (2) Establish a human resources network centered on young people with interdisciplinary and specialized knowledge of the ocean; (3) Promote the conservation and sustainable use of the sea (SDG14), and also help work towards gender equality (SDG5).