Floating Festival for Sustainability
Date and time
Location
Cruise Terminal, Pier 90
711 12th Avenue New York, NY 10019Description
Celebrate the Sustainable Development Goals onboard Peace Boat!
The world's largest passenger ship sailing around the world for peace, sustainability and innovation will visit New York City on October 15-16 as part of Peace Boat's 95th Global Voyage for Peace. We are excited to invite you to join us onboard the ship for a very special evening as Peace Boat is docked in Manhattan on October 15, 2017.
Established in 1983, the award-winning International non-profit organization Peace Boat has Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC and is associated with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI). Peace Boat is a committed campaigner for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and sails with the Global Goals logo on the hull of its ship. The ship sets sail from Japan in August, and will visit 20 countries around the world during the three month journey.
This Floating Festival for Sustainability will include dynamic presentations, music, exhibitions, cultural performances and more, focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals - in particular oceans and climate change. During the event, Peace Boat will introduce its Ecoship, the world's most sustainable cruise ship planned to sail in 2020 as a flagship for climate action. Light drinks and canapes will also be available.
Event: Floating Festival for Sustainability
Date: Evening of October 15, 2017 (Sunday)
Venue: Onboard Peace Boat's vessel, the Ocean Dream, docked on the west side of Manhattan
Featuring:
• Youth Call to Action by the Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors, representing Small Island States from around the world
• Live music, art and fashion on themes of the Sustainable Development Goals
• Ecoship Announcement by Peace Boat Founder, Yoshioka Tatsuya
• and much more!
6:00-7:00: Main Event
7:00-8:00: Music, Art, Fashion
8:00-9:30: Reception
9:30-10:00: Disembarkation
(Times subject to change)
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Peace Boat is a Japan-based NGO, a unique international organization and social enterprise that was founded in 1983 and undertakes education, business, advocacy, and travel through regional and global voyages on a large passenger ship. We are a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council for the United Nations. Peace Boat voyages promote peace, sustainable development and respect for the environment through experiential learning programs and advocacy projects onboard and in ports. We are now sailing on our 94th global voyage, demonstrating a long, successful history as a non-profit social enterprise in the cruise industry.
Peace Boat is a campaigner for the Sustainable Development Goals and sails with the Global Goals logo on the hull of the ship. Peace Boat is a Global Peace Boat was the first NGO to make a Voluntary Commitment to the implementation of SDG 14 at a Special Event at the Preparatory Meeting of the Ocean Conference on February 16 together with the government of Sweden. Peace Boat commits to building the Ecoship with a 40% reduction in CO2, seeking to address ocean acidification. The ship has closed water and closedwaste systems to combat marine pollution.