--- title: Sustainable Ocean Alliance Blog | SOA Team (3) description: Sustainable Ocean Alliance is accelerating ocean solutions around the world. Here are their stories. 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[![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/IMG_0067.jpeg)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ecopreneurs-2023) Sep 19, 2023, 12:43:02 PM ## [Meet the Ecopreneur Network Class of 2023](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ecopreneurs-2023) Today, Sustainable Ocean Alliance is proud to announce the inaugural group of Ecopreneur Network... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/Blog%20Header-2.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-summer-2023-pt2) Aug 23, 2023, 7:30:00 AM ## [Making Waves: Summer 2023 Community News Roundup — Part 2](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-summer-2023-pt2) Sustainable Ocean Alliance exists to propel global solutions to our ocean's greatest challenges —... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/SOA%20Youth%20Leaders%20in%20Action%20Image%20Roundup%20(2560%20%C3%97%201440%20px).png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/iyd2023) Aug 12, 2023, 7:00:00 AM ## [Young Ocean Leaders Spotlight: International Youth Day 2023](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/iyd2023) Young people are the future—and at SOA, we really mean it.  There are countless reasons why young... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/1-Jul-21-2023-09-51-57-8622-PM.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/spotlight-plastic-ecopreneurs-2023) Jul 24, 2023, 10:18:42 AM ## [Plastic Free July: 8 Ecopreneurs Solving the Plastic Pollution Crisis](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/spotlight-plastic-ecopreneurs-2023) Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our ocean, and every... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/Copy%20of%20ISA28%20DSM%20Blog%20Header%20+%20Figures.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ypac-2022-projects) Jul 20, 2023, 1:56:17 PM ## [Spotlight: Youth Policy Advisory Council 2022 Projects](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ypac-2022-projects) At the beginning of 2023, the second cohort of SOA’s [Youth Policy Advisory Council](https://legacy.soalliance.org/about/youth-policy-advisory-council?hsLang=en) (YPAC)... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/Blog%20Header-1.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-summer-2023) Jun 16, 2023, 1:23:10 PM ## [Making Waves: Summer 2023 Community News Roundup](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-summer-2023) [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) exists to propel global solutions to our ocean's greatest challenges —... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/Frame%205.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/meet-soa-board-directors) Apr 26, 2023, 5:06:54 PM ## [Meet SOA's Board of Directors](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/meet-soa-board-directors) Sustainable Ocean Alliance is excited to announce the expansion of our Board of Directors. The... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/MW%20SPRING%202023.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-spring-2023) Apr 12, 2023, 9:00:00 AM ## [Making Waves: Spring 2023 Community News Roundup](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-spring-2023) [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) exists to propel global solutions to our ocean's greatest challenges —... 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