BEE Japan
BEE Japan (Bicycle for Everyone's Earth) is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental awareness and ecological lifestyles in Japan. Founded in 1997 by a group of JET Assistant Language Teachers, the organization's main event is an annual 2 month bicycle ride, beginning in August, from the northernmost island of Japan (Hokkaido) to the southernmost (Kyushu, and occasionally Okinawa). Each year has a different coordinator and team of riders, and a different environmental focus.
The BEE ride uses both direct action and education to promote environmental awareness and ecological lifestyles.[1]
Past rides
[edit]- 2011: Planned to support Japan For Sustainability, but was cancelled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake[2][3]
- 2010: All proceeds went to Japan For Sustainability[4][2]
- 2009: Ride from Wakkanaito Okinawa in support of Japan For Sustainability and We 21 Japan[4][5]
- 2008: Ride from Wakkanai to Cape Sata[4][6]
- 2007: Supporting organizations against the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant[4]
- 2006: Wakkanai to Okinawa supporting a charity opposed to the relocation of a US Marine Corps base, which threatened the endangered dugong[4]
- 2005: 3200km ride over 52 days[4]
- 1998: Ride from Rishiri Island to Yakushima, including a visit to Rokkasho[4][7]
- 1997: Ride from Wakkanai to Yakushima over 2 months[4][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "B.E.E. Japan ¦ Bicycle for Everyone's Earth!". Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ a b "地球を守るサイクリングツアー BEE Japan". Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "BEE Charity Bicycle Expedition". Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "BEE History". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "WE 21 Japan News No.52 (page 5)" (PDF).
- ^ "「BEE2008! Join the ride!」". Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ a b "Fukushima Prefecture English Newsletter Winter 1998 No. 33". Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Kita Nippon Shinbun 1997-08-30". Retrieved 2025-03-14.