Clearing plastics from the Oceans, A Middle East initiative

This green start-up is now planning to raise funds by selling 10,000 generative non-fungible tokens and launching a new cryptocurrency and NFT. Partnering with NFT artist Vesa Kivinen,, Oceans and Us plan to raise $1.2 million in order to fund the clean up of oceans across the globe.

Joel Michael finds VESA an intensely passionate climate change propagator with a laser focus commitment to bringing an entire community together through art a means of communication as told to Arab News.

Oceans and Us plan to partner with a hundred different brands across the Middle East with sustainable products or solutions. “Sustainability is an ecosystem, and NFTs work as a gateway,” said Michael

Oceans and Us are also in conversation with the minds behind the Qatar World Cup. In addition, the green startup plans to raise awareness and funds to build a boat that cleans the oceans for which it is in talks with Marakeb Technologies to design an autonomous, self-driven boat powered by AI that will clear plastic from the river and ocean beds. The boat’s inaugural journey is scheduled in July 2022.

“Marakeb has a skillset to produce boats for the government that can put out fires in UAE waters if that happens. We are working with them to design a fully autonomous boat that can do what it needs with no human on it, so no lives are risked on a boat,” said Michael.

The aim is to officially launch the boat in time for COP 28 in 2023 in Dubai.

Michael is appreciative of governmental efforts toward a more sustainable Middle East and believes that is the key to influencing the private players.

“We have seen tremendous support from the UAE and think it’s the epicenter of sustainability in the region.”

This tiny strong team of 10 members who are working remotely worldwide is busy designing the autonomous boat in time for its maiden voyage.