Expedition 2 Complete! Epic 5,000 mile solo-row from Hawaii to Australia to accelerate ocean plastic solutions
Welcome from Tez
Ahoy, mate! My name’s Tez Steinberg, and I’m the founder of the United World Challenge.
On December 19, 2023, I set out to solo row from Oahu, Hawaii to Australia. After rowing 126 days and over 5,000 miles, I reached Port Douglas, Australia on April 23, 2024.
Along the way, donors from around the world gave over $70,000 to fund the United World Challenge mission to help solve ocean plastic. These generations donations funded 15 river barriers in Bali, Indonesia. These barriers are now serviced daily, turning waste into recycled respources – and are stopping thousands of pounds of plastic every week from flowing to sea.
Thank you for being part of this mission. Together, we’re making momentum to stop ocean plastic and inspire a more courageous world.
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Each $1 raised in our crowdfund stopped 30 bottles worth of plastic (equivalent to 1.5 pounds) from entering the ocean. Together with our Impact Partner, Sungai Watch, we built 15 barriers that catch all types of plastic. Bottles account for only a small portion of that overall catch.
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Our River Barriers in action with Sungai watch
Expedition Two - 2023/2024
Expedition One - 2020
EXPEDITION Sponsors
Impact Partners
Sungai Watch is the world's leading river barrier catchment solution. With over 180 river barriers installed and maintained daily, Sungai Watch has collected over 1.1 million kilograms of plastic to date. With United World Challenge, we're helping Sungai expand to new regions and bring their solution to help clean Asia's most polluting rivers.
OCN.AI is like a FitBit for the ocean, using technology on buoys and boats to gather cutting-edge ocean health data. Together, we're outfitting the Challenge vessel with a series of sensors to collect real-time ocean health data, stored on the blockchain for researchers worldwide to access.
Hakkoda is a modern data consultancy purpose-built to harness the power of data for good. With talented teams of data engineers, scientists, and AI experts, Hakkoda drives innovation for clients while tackling some of the world's biggest problems. From marine life conservation to the ocean plastics crisis, we believe that great change is powered by great data.
The United World Challenge Expedition 2 is a zero-waste expedition thanks to our partnership with CRDC. All plastic waste from the our expedition will be upcycled into CRDC's groundbreaking product, RESIN8, an environmental friendly substitute for sand used in concrete manufacturing.
Seakeepers and the United World Challenge are partnering on citizen science research projects to gather data across the Pacific Ocean on population dynamics of plankton and velella velella, important species for pelagic ecosystems. Together, we research, educate, protect and restore!
Far Away Projects is a 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsorship organization that supports global social impact projects and grassroots efforts around the world. Far Away provides the United World Challenge with nonprofit status and extensive backend support to grow our mission to help solve ocean plastic.
The United World Challenge is proud to be part of the 1% for the Planet community, which connects businesses and nonprofits to protect the environment. Learn more at onepercentfortheplanet.org
During Expedition 1, the United World Challenge partnered with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to gather world-first data for microplastic research. The United World Challenge will once again partner with Scripps to advance oceanic research during the next challenge with a series of world-first data collection methods.
