WastEducation is a Circularity Certification initiative, which is working toward organizing a Circularity Task Force develop a: 1) Circularity certification criteria for SMEs in Makassar to validate, and 2) Guidebook to help other cities in Indonesia develop their own affordable certification. As part of this project, they worked with Octopus Indonesia, a company that uses an app to facilitate the collection of recyclables.

Go Zero Waste is an App (iOS and Android) that shows plastic-free alternatives for everyday items and then shows where to buy it in your area. The app challenges users to start a zero-waste lifestyle with new sustainable habits and rewarding them with a gamification feature.

This project led by the Mounu Ocean Academy contributes to reef monitoring and whale conservation through community education, participation, and volunteer training. A training course will be developed to teach volunteers how to conduct regular reef surveys. The data will inform citizen science initiatives such as Reef Check and Coral Watch.

"Life on Planet A" is a podcast hosted by SOA Australia Hub Leaders, Bella Charlesworth and Heidi Dumesich. During the course of 2021, they produced an online resource hub for young ocean leaders in Australia and abroad as well as hosted and produced podcasts that interviewed Ocean Experts from across all sectors of ocean science, policy, technology, and sustainability.

Sawfish Project Indonesia is an interdisciplinary project that seeks to provide data about sawfish to local and national governments to implement legal protections for them. The project will conduct scientific research using Environmental DNA (E-DNA) and fisheries surveys to investigate the problem of sawfish bycatch, which is one of the major factors leading to the decline of sawfish populations in Merauke, Indonesia. Sawfish Project Indonesia ultimately aims to enhance the capacity of indigenous people in Merauke to continue the important work of sawfish conservation locally. This project will perform an incubator workshop to teach the youth of Merauke about sawfish conservation.

The objective of サンゴにやさしいローカル認証制度「コラコラ」- (Coral-friendly local certification system "Kora Kora") - is promoting the protection of coral reefs in the Yaeyama region (Ishigaki Island) by certifying farmers and restaurants who are practicing environmentally friendly behavior. By certifying pesticides, chemical fertilizers, farmers who do not shed red soil, and businesses that control environmental pollution such as wastewater and waste, this certification standard improves the nature of the island, especially the water environment, and also to the residents' commitments.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Umi o Tsukurukai, the organization has proposed to conduct a clean-up in Yamashita Park, both in the park itself and underwater by scuba diving in the Port of Yokohama. Trash that is flowing out from rivers into Yokohama Bay will be collected, including very commonly found bottles and cans. When the trash is collected, the group will sort the items, weigh them, conduct a brand audit, and publish the results on the website. 

Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, is densely populated and has insufficient waste management. This group, the Seangle Movement, is a Palu-local youth movement that aims to combat plastic pollution. They do this through their Waste Education House program, which gives youth art education, recycling/upcycling education, and English language education to cohorts of 30 elementary school students per year. They also have a waste collection point, and the funds from the sale of recycled materials go toward continued educational programming.

SOA Australia is a new SOA Hub, co-founded by the former leaders of SOA University of Sydney. The mission of SOA Australia is to be the overarching hub to support all of the hubs across Australia as well as be their space for individuals and companies to learn about the importance of the ocean. Heidi and Bella brought SOA to Australia because they are aware of the ocean issues in Australia and aim to show the importance of the oceans to young professionals, and to connect them with industry leaders.