Peace Boat US

06/05/2026

Saturday we are meeting at the NY Aquarium for the annual World Oceans Day Coney Island Beach Sweep! We will be hosting a table with our Peace Boat US youth leaders on June 6th from 12:00-2:00pm on the Coney Island Boardwalk in front of the Aquarium. Join us as we clean the beach and boardwalk and learn more about the local organizations supporting ocean conservation for this year's United Nations World Oceans Day theme to "Reimagine" our shared ocean!

06/05/2026

We are excited to welcome long-time partner and friend, Sam Teicher, Founder of Coral Vita and Chief Reef Officer to the Ocean Gala onboard Peace Boat's ship in New York.

As one of the world’s leading reef restoration platforms, Coral Vita is growing resilient coral in months instead of decades to drive ecological regeneration, economic development, and community empowerment.

Check out their work at Coral Vita's website !

06/03/2026

We are honored to have Matthew Hunter from the United Nations Youth Office join us on stage at the inaugural Ocean Gala on June 10 as we celebrate the UN World Oceans Day theme to "Reimagine" our shared ocean.

Matthew is a partnerships and policy professional with over a decade of experience working across international institutions, governments, civil society and the private sector on global development and youth affairs. He currently serves as Partnerships Lead at the United Nations Youth Office, where he advises senior leadership on stakeholder engagement strategies and manages relationships with a wide range of external partners shaping the global youth agenda.

In his current role, Matthew drives efforts to advance the rights and agency of young people globally, helping translate intergovernmental commitments into operational partnerships with measurable impact. He works across a uniquely diverse set of external stakeholders — from youth-led organizations and civil society to governments, foundations, and the private sector — building the coalitions needed to drive collective action on shared priorities.

We look forward to welcoming him onboard along with many of our United Nations partners, delegates and civil society leaders for sustainable development.

06/03/2026

As part of the MAPA - Music & Art Peace Academy program onboard, Paul D Miller joined one of our Southern Hemisphere Global Voyages from Peru to Easter Island and Tahiti as a guest speaker. Since then, he has been a great supporter of our work and he continues to create a wave of change through his musical compositions and written works. We are excited to welcome him back onboard for the Ocean Gala this June 10 !

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

We can't wait for the return of our guest artist Ladislas from France to join us in New York City for the inaugural Ocean Gala onboard Peace Boat's ship.

Last year at the UN Ocean Conference, we co-hosted the Gallery Exhibit entitled "Tidal Shifts" together with PangeaSeed and Music for the Sea. Ladislas will return as a guest artist to do a live painting at the United Nations Headquarters on June 8 in celebration of UN World Oceans Day and then he will be part of the Tidal Shifts art exhbiition onboard the Peace Boat on June 10.

As a French artist based in Barcelona, Ladislas' work encompasses painting (both traditional and digital), sculpture, and murals, reflecting his passion for art and his commitment to ecology. His practice seeks to merge these two worlds by using his creativity to "emotionally reconnect the audience with nature." Through his art, he develops a « visual imaginary » inspired by the diversity and richness of the natural world, which he calls « Ecosurrealism ».

Surrealism allows him to explore new narratives and future visions, alternate realities often offering a symbolic critique of our times.

His goal is to question the relationship between humans and nature and address the environmental challenges faced by modern societies.

The preservation of oceans and their biodiversity is a recurring theme in his work. Ladislas regularly collaborates with organizations, brands, and projects that promote this cause, reinforcing his artistic involvement in ocean conservation.

Ladislas had the opportunity to work on projects with organizations and institutes such as PangeaSeed Foundation (Hawaii), the Institute of Marine Science (Barcelona), Restore Coral (Mexico) and Save Our Seas foundation (Switzerland).

06/02/2026

One of our favorite environmental advocates and artists is joining us as a judge for the Ocean Stewardship Awards onboard Peace Boat this June 10!

Introducing Benjamin Von Wong, an environmental artist who creates large-scale installations at global gatherings, transforming discarded materials into potent symbols of change.

With so much international experience, he has notable achievements include a Guinness World Record installation crafted from 168,000 plastic straws, a striking 2.5‑story Biodiversity Jenga tower showcased at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, and a dramatic 4‑story Plastic Faucet that highlighted the urgency of plastic pollution during the signing of the Global Plastic Treaty Resolution signed at the United Nations Environment Program headquarters.

We have collaborated in previous years for our UN World Oceans Day celebrations and youth education programs to feature Ben's artwork. His work has also been featured at marquee events such as the World Economic Forum, COP, and Art Basel, and he has collaborated with prestigious brands, including Nike, Dell, and Starbucks. Von Wong meticulously documents every project, elevating his community collaborators and stakeholders while providing a collection of multimedia resources for press, non-profit, and government organizations.

His work has generated billions of views and continues to be used worldwide to support grassroots organizations, educational institutions, and community-led initiatives that champion environmental justice.

Looking forward to having Ben join us onboard for the Ocean Gala!

06/01/2026

🌎🧳 Coming up on June 10, Wed evening, Peace Boat US is partnering with Adrian Solgaard, Founder and CEO of Solgaard Design Inc to recognize various leaders at our “Ocean Stewardship Award” Ceremony.

🌊🪸 Taking place during the Ocean Gala onboard Peace Boat’s ship in New York City, the awards will celebrate and honor the individuals whose actions have a transformative impact on the sustainability of our shared ocean.

🏆🎖️ For this inaugural award, the 2026 theme is ‘Reimagine’ our Shared Ocean in line with the United Nations World Oceans Day. The four award categories are: Local and Community Impact Award, Youth Initiatives, Ocean Literacy, and Blue Innovation.

Each awardee will receive a special gift from Solgaard’s Founder, Adrian, who is a renowned Entrepreneur and inventor. Relentless in his pursuit to create a design driven brand while using business as a force for good, the Norwegian-Canadian entrepreneur founded Solgaard in 2016, focusing on intuitively designed, sustainably made, premium travel gear.

⚓️⛴️ Join us onboard at the Ocean Gala and get your tickets today as the registration deadline is June 1 : https://pb-ocean-gala-nyc.eventbrite.com

Guest code: SOLGAARD

💙 Thank you to Solgaard for sponosring our Ocean Stewardship Awards this year!

05/31/2026

This weekend Andri Snaer Magnason is in New York City for a theatrical showing of his new film Time and Water. We met Andri many years ago when he was invited onboard Peace Boat as a guest speaker as we sailed towards Reykjavik, Iceland. His work for climate action through storytelling is really amazing and it was so great to see his next chapter come to life 🌍📘🎥🎞️

[ In her latest feature documentary, Time and Water, Oscar-nominated Sara Dosa once again tackles vast, elemental forces. Her Fire of Love (2022) was about volcanoes, love and devotion. This time she is embracing all matters temporal within the context of diminishing glacier activity on Iceland.

“I think for me, both as a person and a filmmaker, I’m endlessly inspired by the power of nature, and how humans can co-create story and meaning with nature,” Dosa tells Business Doc Europe. “Also, as a filmmaker, we’re at this critical juncture in our planetary history, where we’re seeing the destruction of the Earth all around us, and people’s lives as well. And so, I think that whenever there’s stories that can showcase the life force – the sentience of nature, because I really believe these forces possess their own intelligence and own way of living – they also speak to me almost on a spiritual level.”

“I also think that there’s something so wonderfully powerful about the cinematic form to illustrate this life force, this power of nature, whether it’s volcanoes or glaciers,” she adds.
In the film, renowned Icelandic sci-fi writer and poet Andri Snær Magnason is determined to create a time capsule to preserve that which is disappearing drop by drop and moment by moment. As he says in the film, “I became the first to say goodbye to something we never thought we could lose,” referring to the island’s Okjökull glacier which is now gone, a result of global warming.

The overriding fear is that, very soon, all the glaciers will be gone – “millions of years diminishing in a single human lifetime,” Magnason warns. ]

Read the full interview on :
➡️ businessdoceurope.com

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