With this grant, mymizu will build and grow a stronger community of refill partners via community building and outreach, enabling tens of thousands of community members (largely Gen Zers and millennials) to kick the plastic habit, further raise awareness of ocean plastics, and step up the fight against single-use plastics in Japan and beyond!

The objective of 久米島赤土等流出防止プロジェクト (Kumejima Red Soil Outflow Prevention Project) is to take measures against the outflow of red soil in Kumejima to prevent further damage to the island’s biodiverse coral reefs. Agricultural runoff accounts for more than 80% of the red soil smothering the reefs. Local elementary and high school students helped plant a green belt of Akabanana (Hibiscus), a native plant that serves as a windbreaker, and participated in educational activities.

Through our project, Biflores (a local NGO) aims to empower local communities and fishermen to protect their natural heritage by providing them with knowledge, training, and tools to sustainably improve their livelihoods, protect sharks, rays and other marine resources, and understand the vital role of sharks in marine ecosystems.

SOA Peru will create a high quality digital book for young teenagers in 3 languages. This book is intended to be shared in a free manner to Latin American children, teenagers, and schools. The goal of the book is to generate widespread consciousness to Latin American children and teenagers, by having an informative fun book about deep seabed mining shared virtually to more than 1000 young school students in Latin America and in the most common languages in the region.

AKUA is a seed-stage, conscious company on a mission to bring blue foods to the mainstream market. We're the first company to pioneer meat and seafood-alt products from ocean-farmed kelp, which is making waves as both a health food trend and a regenerative agriculture trend. Ocean-farmed kelp is often described as the culinary equivalent of the electric car because it has massive environmental benefits & is super healthy to eat.

SOA Perú developed La Academia to empower more than 40 students to expand academic, citizenship, and leadership skills for ocean conservation and sustainability. During five weekends, 11 experts in different oceanic topics (Maritime Law, Marine Biodiversity, Underwater Photography, Political Participation, Sea Turtle Management, etc.) were able to share their experiences, supplementary materials, and relevant information on the different topics.

Working with governments, non-profits, and commercial customers, Hohonu designs, builds, and deploys IoT sensor networks along waterways, delivering data products to audiences that previously didn’t have access to such tech. The company has contracts, including SECOORA (secoora.org) across 14 states to deploy its real-time IoT sensor network in coastlines, rivers, and streams.

This project, led by Innoceana, aims to study reef health in Cocos Island, Costa Rica, by carrying out aerial and underwater surveys to then create 3D georeferenced maps. Info collected includes total coral coverage, coral bleaching, algae coverage, and abundance of healthy versus diseased corals. Additionally, the project will train Cocos Island Rangers and Costa Rican university students on the mapping methodology and provide workshops to the Costa Rican public on the importance of coral reefs. Ultimately, the goal is to provide justification for the expansion of the Cocos Island Marine Protected Area.

Moving Towards Zero is a global campaign through the Go Zero Waste app that promotes sustainable actions and local zero-waste businesses through maps and challenges that earn participants points as they reduce their waste. The campaigns which will be launched in Spain, the US, and Canada, will be co-created with companies and governments and in close collaboration with SOA.