OUR MISSION
Accelerate solutions for the ocean plastic crisis and inspire a more courageous world.
The Ripple Effects of Our Impact
Research & Education
Our Objectives
Gather scientific data to advance marine research on microplastics and guide collective action.
Develop and deploy open-source curricula to teach high school students marine science and coding.
2020 Expedition Impact
Gathered data for airborne pelagic microplastic research with our partners at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Created the Ocean Classroom Campaign – open-source curricula to teach high schoolers coding and marine science.
Action
Our Objectives
Raise funds and inspire action to solve the issues of our time, such as access to education and solving ocean plastics.
2020 Expedition Impact
Raised $76,925 in donations to provide full scholarships for 3 students of color from the USA to attend the United World College of the USA, creating leaders for a peaceful and sustainable world.
2024 Expedition Impact
Raised $72,500 to fund the installation and daily servicing of 15 river barriers in Bali that have collected over 71,000 lbs. of plastic, as of April 2025.
Partnering with Sungai Watch
The United World Challenge has partnered with Sungai Watch, an innovative and leading nonprofit on a mission to stop plastic from reaching the the ocean.
The United World Challenge has partnered with Sungai Watch, an innovative and leading nonprofit on a mission to stop plastic from reaching the the ocean.
Impact of our partnership:
Help us stop ocean plastic at the source by renewing our best performing river barriers for another year!
What inspires the United World Challenge?
Every second breath we take comes from the ocean.
The oceans are our planet’s life support system. In addition to providing immeasurable cultural and natural value, the ocean provides critical services that keep us all alive.
The ocean:
- Supplies 50% of Earth's oxygen
- Absorbs 25% of our excess carbon
- Regulates our climate by absorbing 90% of excess heat from Global Warming
- Provides a livelihood for 12% of the world’s population
- Generates vital renewable energy
Healthy oceans are fundamental to a prosperous and safe future.
We depend on the oceans for our very survival and they’re threatened now more than ever before. To ensure our future, it’s time we do something to protect the oceans.
It’s not too late to save the oceans, but time is running short. We need to act now – and the United World Challenge is here to help.
Healthy oceans are fundamental to a prosperous and safe future.
We depend on the oceans for our very survival and they’re threatened now more than ever before. To ensure our future, it’s time we do something to protect the oceans.
It’s not too late to save the oceans, but time is running short. We need to act now – and the United World Challenge is here to help.
