This project aims to educate and engage youth in 5 schools in the Ibadan, Nigeria area about the ocean plastic problem. Each school will organize a local cleanup, create an upcycling program, and participate in a local upcycling competition where they turn the trash they have collected into something useful. They aim to remove over 1 tonne of waste.

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.

Bodhi is a student at the University of British Columbia and the founder of Oneworldbreath.org, an organization that unites youth around the importance of marine conservation. He will use his innovation prize to reach 1,000 ocean-aware youth in British Columbia and beyond.

This project creates an online social simulation of deep sea mining in which users become members of the International Seabed Authority Advisory Council. Users will be able to learn about the issue, debate, and ultimately create recommendations for the ISA on deep sea mining.

To form new youth initiatives in coastal cities, we spread awareness on plastic pollution and marine litter by offering capacity building workshops for potential environmentalists and youth organizations. The training will be followed by offline advocacy action on beaches to stop marine litter produced by visitors.

rePurpose Global is the world's leading Plastic Action Platform. We are pioneering solutions that enable organizations to take action on their plastic footprints and support waste entrepreneurs to recover plastic from nature. Through rePurpose Global’s Impact Projects, we are building waste management systems and infrastructure where they are most needed to fight plastic pollution. We are eliminating millions of pounds of plastic waste from nature every year, and do this by working with over 250 conscious brands worldwide. rePurpose Global are not just recovering verified plastic waste, but have a range of solutions that support brands to reduce their plastic footprints, and we operate at the cutting edge of plastic action by driving collaboration and action at a global scale.

Environment and Food Foundation (E2F) supplements ongoing work in Doula, Cameroon to reduce plastic pollution. E2F opened a new collection point for plastic bottles, raised awareness on proper plastic waste management, and trained 100 unemployed youths and 3,000 students on the reuse of plastic waste bottles to manufacture durable items like eco-benches, bulb coverings, bracelets/bangles.

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.

Using laser-photogrammetry and manta rays sightings, this project with the Marine Megafauna Foundation is working to better understand the demographics and reproductive ecology of manta rays in the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area. Understanding manta ray life parameters and growth rates informs tourism management to ensure that their habitats are being conserved and protected.