Peace Boat is an international organization with headquarters in Japan and New York, promoting peace, human rights, and sustainability. The Peace Boat holds Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN), and has carried out global educational and advocacy voyages for peace and sustainability since 1983. Peace Boat’s headquarters are in Tokyo, and its sister organization -Peace Boat US- is based in New York.
Yoshioka Tatsuya, the founder of Peace Boat, has been a leading figure in Japanese civil society for the past three decades and has been active internationally in the fields of education, peace and conflict resolution. With a strong commitment to environmental sustainability, and a passionate belief in the necessity to develop awareness of the need for non-fossil, non-nuclear energy capacity, Yoshioka is currently spearheading the development of Peace Boat's Ecoship.
Underlying Peace Boat US’s campaigns and programs is a commitment to socially and environmentally sustainable tourism, always striving to improve practices and experiences for participants, to strengthen local capacity for sustainability, and to build people-to-people cooperation beyond borders and increase the quality of relationships with local partners and communities around the world.
The voyages are run on a social business model, blending sustainable tourism, lifelong learning and friendship activities with educational programs, cooperative projects, and advocacy. Working with partner organizations and individuals in Japan, Northeast Asia and around the world, Peace Boat uses local grassroots actions, international conferences, global networking and media, as well as its ship, to raise awareness and make a positive impact on socio-political, economic and environmental issues.
Peace Boat will be in New York City June 7-8 celebrating World Oceans Day. June 8 was designated by the United Nations as “World Oceans Day” to raise global awareness of the benefits derived from the oceans and the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans, and to emphasize our individual and collective duty to interact with oceans in a sustainable manner so as to meet current needs without compromising those of future generations. This year’s theme “Gender and the Ocean” is an opportunity to explore the gender dimension of humankind’s relationship with the ocean.
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