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A night at Ventus – 18th July

biketour July 21, 2013 July 21, 2013

(PICTURES TO FOLLOW – INTERNET TOO SLOW!!) After 70 kilometres, we arrive in the little village of Niebendorf to stay with Christian, Ben, Lucia, Virginia in the gardens of Ventus e V. It is a group of fantastic people who are giving a few teenagers a chance to try an alternative psychiatric health treatment, living close to nature and lowering their medication. We had a wonderful sunset as we celebrated Katy’s birthday with an Austrian cherry cake cooked on the rocket stove with cherries from trees passed on the long day’s ride. Christian made us a little campfire with a…

Justice, beyond borders

biketour April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013

Some thoughts on this years theme from a participant from 2012 After learning about this year’s “boundaries, borders and beyond” theme through the winter meeting minutes, I took some time to reflect on it and write down some thoughts and ideas that might further a discussion on how to fleshen out the theme and make it more concrete. I think if one goes deeper into the theme philosophically, the real problem isn’t as much borders as such, but closed borders, borders that are not fluid. Where people live together there will always be borders one way or another – think…

The biketour has finally started

biketour July 9, 2012 July 13, 2012

The first people were meeting on friday, preparing the camp at Can Masdeu and later joined the biggest Critical Mass ever in Barcelona. On saturday more people arrived constantly. For about three hours, Biciclot offered us their workshop, tools, spare parts and knowledge in order to prepare our bicycles for the tour. Since there is a water shortage (it’s summer and it’s the mediterranean!) and the campsite didn’t gave us the possibility to shower, a short detour to the beach on the way back was a welcome refreshment. We attempted to form our first circle in the evening but ended…

One month on…

biketour March 14, 2012 March 14, 2012

Hello ecotopia biketour friends, João and Alice, our international coordinators, have been in Barcelona for one month already, they have had many incredible adventures and felt like blogging about what they’ve been up to: We have spent the first few weeks mainly trying to get contacts (an endless task) and looking for concrete places and projects to pass by. We have been working out important dates (registration, starting and end dates, big stops) and making a big tasks plan (website, route details, wiki organisation, propaganda, video, etc…). These are all happily up on the wall in Research and Degrowth’s office…

Biketour update for 2010-08-28

biketour August 28, 2010 August 28, 2010

Biketour cycled its last day this year to arrive in Cologne yesterday to join the newly-formed critical mass here we doubled the numbers! # Video of protest biketour joined in Brussels: http://www.dewereldmorgen.be/video/2010/08/19/klimaatactivisten-protesteren-voor-deense-ambassade #

Biketour update for 2010-08-24

biketour August 24, 2010 August 24, 2010

dear cyclists At the end of this years tour we will have a party to celebrate the 20th birthday of the tour – and u all are warmly welcome # http://twitvid.com/AHCTV RT @ Ecotopia bike tour onderweg! # I uploaded a YouTube video — 20100823 ecobike tour Internet http://youtu.be/yRs-O249i-g?a # In the Netherlands & on Limburg TV highlighting some ridiculous highway plans: http://bit.ly/9LecVp & more info: http://ping.fm/7jaa3 # Groenfront and Stop-AWACS # Buitenring Parkstad # Biketour update for 2010-08-23 #

Biketour update for 2010-08-23

biketour August 23, 2010 August 23, 2010

In the Netherlands & on Limburg TV highlighting some ridiculous highway plans: http://bit.ly/9LecVp & more info: http://bit.ly/99GcVZ # RT @wmclimateaction: Eviction Imminent at Huntington Lane http://wp.me/pNNLC-5s UK Coal are preparing papers for a court order #

Biketour update for 2010-08-17

biketour August 17, 2010 August 17, 2010

Tomorrow morning is action day!! First action 8am in Merelbeke, then cycling 55km to Brussels, second action at 15:30 at the Danish Embassy! #