Ocean Purpose Project

19/07/2026

Behind every ocean conservation effort is a team of passionate young people learning, growing, and contributing to meaningful change.

This World Youth Skills Day, we celebrate the interns and young professionals of Ocean Purpose Project who have supported a diverse range of initiatives—from field activities and environmental monitoring to community engagement, partnerships, research, and project development.

Through hands-on experiences and real-world learning opportunities, they have gained valuable skills while contributing to solutions that support healthier oceans and more sustainable communities.

Thank you to our team members for your dedication, curiosity, and commitment to creating positive impact. Your contributions continue to inspire us and demonstrate the power of youth in shaping a more sustainable future.

Interested in joining our team?

📧 [email protected]

🌐 oceanpurposeproject.com

15/07/2026

Today, we celebrate the importance of equipping young people with the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to create a more sustainable future.

At Ocean Purpose Project, learning extends beyond the classroom. Through hands-on experiences in environmental conservation, research, community engagement, and sustainability initiatives, youth are empowered to develop practical skills while contributing to meaningful impact.

By working on real-world projects, collaborating with diverse teams, and learning from experienced mentors, they gain valuable insights that strengthen their leadership, communication, problem-solving, and teamwork abilities.

This World Youth Skills Day, we recognise the passion, dedication, and potential of young people who are turning ideas into action and creating positive change for people and the planet.

Together, we are nurturing the next generation of changemakers. 🌊💙

15/07/2026

🌊 Youth for the Ocean: Community Beach Clean Up

The future of our oceans starts with the actions we take today. Join Ocean Purpose Project for a meaningful morning of community action as we come together to remove marine debris, protect our coastline, and create a cleaner future for generations to come.

Whether you’re a student, young professional, family, or ocean enthusiast, every helping hand makes a difference. Meet like-minded changemakers, learn more about ocean conservation, and be part of a growing movement for cleaner seas.

📅 25 July 2026 (Saturday)
⏰ 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
📍 OPP Beach Hub, Pasir Ris Beach Carpark E

💙 Together, we can turn small actions into lasting impact.

🔗 Ready to join us? Register here:
https://www.oceanpurposeproject.com/event-details/its-gonna-be-july-community-beach-cleanup

Let’s make waves for positive change and show what youth can do for our oceans. 🌊♻️



Event details and registration are available through our Website www.oceanpurposeproject.com

25/06/2026

Update from Straits Seafood Company on the fish farm fire near Pulau Ubin.

15/04/2026

🌊 Singapore Maritime Week 2026 | Pre-event Evening Experience

Before the heavy discussions on marine policy, panels, and port-side conversations…step into something far more immersive with a nod to Singapore's rich ocean heritage. Join us for an unforgettable night where ocean sustainability meets sound, flavour, and storytelling. A first-of-its-kind collaboration between Ocean Purpose Project, The Singapore EDITION, and our CEO and ex-Singapore Idol Mathilda D'Silva

✨ Jazz & Cocktails By Ocean Purpose Project
📍 Punch Room, The Singapore EDITION
🗓 18 April 2026
⏰ 9:00 PM – Midnight
Sign Up here: https://www.oceanpurposeproject.com/event-details/pre-singapore-maritime-week-jazz-cocktails

Behind the music and cocktails is a deeper story. This isn’t just an evening out. It’s a glimpse into what the future of maritime sustainability feels like.

🍸 What to expect

Ocean-inspired cocktails featuring seaweed, sea grapes & regenerative herbs

A curated experience with whisky — known for its harmony of lychee, honey, citrus, and Mizunara oak

A venue transformed — Punch Room reimagined as a maritime voyage through Southeast Asia’s spice routes

🎶 Live Performances

Mathilda D'Silva — “The Voice” of Singapore Idol, performing Songs of the Sea

Amos Tadete — guitar virtuoso channeling the spirit of the Moluccas (Spice Islands)

Gary Fernandez — immersive handpan & tongue drum rhythms inspired by nature

🌿 A sensory sustainability experience

From Ayurvedic, TCM, and Jamu herbs grown with seaweed fertilisers to storytelling rooted in Project Tanah Air

This is where ocean health meets culture, science, and sound.

🌐 Learn more:

👉 www.oceanpurposeproject.com

⚓ To all Singapore Maritime Week delegates — this is your official invitation to unwind, connect, and experience sustainability… differently.

09/03/2026

🌙 Selamat Hari Raya by the Sea: A Hari Raya Community Beach Clean-Up

At Ocean Purpose Project, we believe in "merayakan pantai" or celebrating the sea with that often cliched spirit of gotong-royong (coming together to help one another) extending beyond our HDBs… all the way to our shores.

This March, join us at the OPP Beach Hub for a special community beach clean-up as we prepare our coastline for the festive season. Just as we "kemaskan" or tidy our homes before Hari Raya, let’s care for the ocean that sustains us.

Bring your family, friends, festive spirit and your kuih-muih, cakes, cookies and lauk- pauk to share with all.

✨ A cleaner coast is the best Raya gift we can give our ocean.

📍 OPP Beach Hub, Pasir Ris Park (Carpark E)
🗓 21 March 2026
⏰ 9.00 AM – 11.00 AM
Sign Up here: https://www.oceanpurposeproject.com/event-details/selamat-hari-raya-gotong-royong-community-beach-cleanup

Whether it’s your first clean-up or your tenth, Jom! Kita jumpa di pantai. See you by the shore.

Celebrate Hari Raya with good vibes and a good tribe! Jom kita kemaskan pantai! Join our rain or shine- jewel of Pasir Ris Beach clean up!

26/02/2026

What if the plastic choking our oceans could power the AI servers running our world?

Goldman Sachs predicts global data centre power demand will increase by 165% by 2030 — driven almost entirely by AI. Singapore and Malaysia alone are facing a doubling of energy needs. The grid is under pressure. And the window to act is narrowing.

Most people are looking for answers in the usual places. OPP has been looking at the shoreline.

Plastic is essentially stored petroleum. The energy locked into every bottle and fragment washing up on our beaches can be extracted — as clean hydrogen, low sulphur fuel oil, carbon nanotubes and carbon black.

One OPP Plastic to Hydrogen unit processes 2,000 kg of plastic daily. Zero grid dependency. Zero fossil fuels. 100% gas emission capture.

And we are thinking bigger.

Imagine floating data centres cooled by seawater and fuelled by hydrogen produced from surrounding ocean plastic. Keppel Ltd.'s Floating Data Centre already points to where AI infrastructure is heading — OPP's modular systems are designed to be exactly what that future needs.

Backed by NTU's Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute and Bluefield Renewable Energy, and as a founding member of the Sustainable AI Coalition, OPP is building the frameworks that link ocean plastic, clean hydrogen and the future of AI infrastructure.

The ocean isn't just a victim of our waste.

It's the source of our next energy breakthrough.

Turning pollution into solutions.

💡 Data centre operators, energy investors, infrastructure developers and research institutions — we are looking for collaborators ready to build this future with us.
📩 [email protected]
🔗 oceanpurposeproject.com

22/02/2026

Hilton's mission is to Travel with Purpose - a perfect match for our NGO Ocean Purpose Project.

We are honoured to share that Ocean Purpose Project has been selected as a grantee of the Hilton Global Foundation — Singapore's sole representative and one of only four organisations across Southeast Asia chosen from a global field of 18, as part of the Hilton Global Foundation's US$5.4 million commitment for 2026.

This recognition reflects the growing importance of community-driven environmental action in our region — and the belief that ocean health and human opportunity are inseparable.

The funding will expand our Beach Hub to Clean Seas initiative — linking ocean health and soil health with Asian herbs, driving plastic to hydrogen initiatives, and creating more than 2,500 learning and career opportunities for communities connected to the ocean.

We are grateful to the Hilton Global Foundation for their trust, and for championing organisations that protect ecosystems while empowering the communities that depend on them.

This milestone is both an honour and a vote of confidence. Meaningful change happens when purpose and action move together to turn pollution into solutions. 🌊

21/02/2026

February Community Beach Clean-Up

Here's another chance to show up for our shores.

Join us at the OPP Beach Hub as we gather volunteers, families, students, and ocean advocates for a morning of collective action. Every piece removed is a step toward cleaner coastlines and healthier ecosystems.

📍 OPP Beach Hub, Pasir Ris Park (Carpark E)
🗓 28 February 2026
⏰ 9.00am – 11.00am

Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning as a familiar face, your presence makes a difference.

Because ocean protection is built one community at a time.

💙 See you by the shore.

20/02/2026

World Whale Day

The ocean looks clean from here. For whales feeding below, it's a different story.

Here are 5 facts about whales and plastic pollution that change how we see the ocean.

Whales are symbols of wonder — but also of the systemic plastic crisis we must address:

🐋 Humpback whales feeding on krill ingest around 4 million microplastic pieces daily (fish-eating humpbacks ~200,000)

🐋 Fin whales ingest roughly 6 million pieces daily

🐋 Blue whales may ingest up to 10 million pieces daily

🌊 59 of 92 known cetacean species have documented ingestion of marine debris

🧪 High levels of phthalates found in whale blubber are linked to reproductive harm

They feed at 50–250 metres — where microplastic concentrations are often highest. The problem isn't only on the surface. It never was.

This is the reality that shaped our logo. At first glance, a whale in motion. Look closer, and you may see something else — plastic, waste, the remnants of everyday life. Ocean beauty and ocean damage, held in the same image. Because you can't address what you refuse to see.

On World Whale Day, we're invited to look twice.

Protecting whales means turning pollution into solutions — an ocean defined by life, not debris. 🌊