SOA Thailand, led by Waraporn Raksaphram (22), is growing and strengthening the network of youth working on ocean conservation issues in Thailand through a variety of engagement strategies including online workshops, pitch contests, and art exhibitions.

Virtual Diving is an environmental education project inspired by Google Cardboard. Through virtual reality glasses made of recycled cardboard, students take a virtual tour in different marine ecosystems using the Google app "Expeditions". The Virtual Diving team knows that most people never have and probably never will have the opportunity to dive in their entire lives. They also know that this is a big problem for the oceans, because it is impossible to preserve what you do not know. Through their virtual tours, they show people what exists beyond the waves. The main themes they explore are coral bleaching and marine pollution.

Ambakofi will train 75 fishers from three coastal villages on sustainable mangrove restoration and maintenance, using the techniques of the Mangrove Action Project's Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) course. These trainees will then work to restore (clear waterways of debris) and monitor 7.5 hectares of mangrove.

CalWave’s mission is to unlock the vast and steady carbon-free power from ocean waves. 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.

Soonlution is a startup founded by a group of Hong Kong University students working to modernize the way shellfish are farmed by creating a prototype that allows for more sophisticated buoyancy controls, increasing the platform’s resilience and adaptability to typhoons, which are increasing in frequency and strength due to climate change. The support of an SOA microgrant has allowed them to test and refine three different prototypes as part of their proof of concept.

The Manta Caribbean Project is developing specific conservation strategies that ensure the long-term safeguarding of mobulid rays by studying several aspects of the species' ecology and biology, in collaboration with various stakeholders such as lobster fishermen, MPA rangers, and MPA managers. With this funding, the project will provide practical training workshops to fishing cooperatives to reduce the risk of mobulid entanglements in small-scale fisheries gear within Marine Protected Areas, identify the most commonly used fishing gear and which causes the most harm, and lead educational workshops to increase community knowledge about the species.

Ecodrone develops sea drones powered by renewable solar and wind energy for use in collecting valuable scientific data related to climate change, diffusion of pollutants, weather forecasting, and coastal law enforcement.

This program intends to solve problems such as the lack of knowledge related to marine life and marine pollution, aiming to educate children to become ambassadors or protectors of the oceans in the future. The plastic found on the beach during cleanup activities can be used to produce household items, toys, and more objects from a 3D printer, thereby vitalizing this program by selling these produced goods.

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