TONTOTON is an environmental impact program focused on collecting and treating mismanaged, hard-to-recycle plastic in highly polluted coastal villages of Cambodia. Our mission is to reduce plastic leakage through plastic action financing while promoting waste segregation in households and businesses and collecting mismanaged plastic on the ocean-bound. TONTOTON operates its material recovery facility for sorting and processing plastic into building materials and plastic boards. The boards are used to build classrooms and house repairs in disadvantaged communities..

Aligned with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Peace Boat US organized a program to enhance the knowledge and skills of youth leaders from various parts of the world who are actively involved in promoting sustainability in their communities. The program aimed to provide these leaders with comprehensive insights into marine science and climate action on a global level through capacity building, citizen science programs, network building, and educational experiences onboard the Peace Boat and during port visits. Four representatives from SOA participated in the program and made valuable contributions by delivering presentations on deep sea mining, facilitating workshops, and collaborating with other participants throughout the program. They sailed from Panama to Guatemala and ended in Mexico and held both on the ship and off ship talks, workshops and activities.

Through SOA Argentina, Martina Alvarez raised awareness and advocated for Argentina to say no to deep-sea mining. Alongside fellow SOA Youth Leaders, Martina helped present 22,000+ signatures to Argentina state delegates at the International Seabed Authority.

Valeria, leader of SOA Mexico Hub, coordinated a social media campaign to raise awareness and activate youth in support of a moratorium on deep sea mining.

The SOA Peru campaign on deep-sea mining aimed to position Peru in favor of a moratorium on deep-sea mining. It emphasized Peru's non-membership in the UNCLOS and highlighted that the Minister of Environment committed at Our Ocean 2023 to evaluate Peru's stance. Throughout the campaign, signature collection via Change.org, social media activations, and participation in events such as fairs were conducted. Additionally, an awareness video featuring public figures, influencers, and actors garnered over 46.9 thousand views. One of the final political actions involved consulting the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Congress of Peru, resulting in the procurement of a formal response document establishing Peru's stance in favor of a moratorium.

Life on Planet A, a sustainability podcast by Heidi Dumesich developed an episode with the objective of uncovering the lesser-known narratives of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the global entity responsible for regulating deep sea mining. The episode offers an in-depth exploration of deep sea mining and the intricate negotiations that encompass it, featuring guest speaker Emily Tewes from SOA. It highlights the compelling accounts of nations advocating for a moratorium on deep sea mining.

Seagrass and coral habitats are rapidly declining worldwide. Reefgen has developed multiple robotic nearshore restoration platforms to plant coral and seagrasses, with the ability to develop the required 30x-75x productivity- rate enhancements over manual planting necessary for humankind to meet the challenge of restoring our coastal life support ecosystems.

Gonçalo Carvalho, the Executive Coordinator of Sciaena, an NGO dedicated to promoting a sustainable marine environment, conducted a workshop on deep sea mining in Azores, Portugal.

Ittinsect is a biotech startup that developed a sustainable alternative protein ingredient, both from the environmental and economic standpoint. Ittinsect produces high performance feed ingredients through the biotechnological treatment of novel raw ingredients including insects, microalgae and agricultural by-products, in line with the circular economy principles. A fish raised with Ittinsect-based feeds has a healthier digestion and improved growth performance at no extra cost for the fish farmer. With Ittinsect, there is no longer need to catch fish from the marine environment as nutrition for farmed fish.