2014 – Ecotopia Biketour

You can achieve whatever you set your mind to

verabgr 13 joulukuun, 2014 December 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English ja Ελληνικά. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. I hadn’t cycled for 10 years and if you told me 6 months ago that I would have joined the Ecotopia Biketour this summer I would have laughed at you. But I did; and I made it from the beginning of Ecotopia Biketour 2014 until the end. It all started in February when I met this year’s organizers…

Obituary: Strudel Apollo Sanchez Buchanan

Bike Bel 24 syyskuun, 2014 October 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English, Български, Castellano, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, Français, Italiano, Македонски, Română ja Türkçe . For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Strudel Apollo joined the Ecotopia Biketour on 18th August 2014. At 2 weeks old, this orphan kitten stole our hearts immediately. We decided to help this cat-like fellow, descendent of Alexander the Great, and find for him a new family. With a surprisingly uncanny resemblance to his adoptive mother:…

An old mill gives inspiration to someone getting older

sml 14 syyskuun, 2014 October 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Three years in a row I celebrated my birthday among the Biketour crowd. It started in 2012 when I had just joined for the first time a week before my birthday and was surprised with a polenta cake on a wildcamping day (thank you Emma!). This year it was even more special. Being involved in the coordination I could influence where we were going to be on…

Per.ka – a real solution to the food crisis

Bike Bel 25 elokuun, 2014 October 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. The people of Per.ka spent some hours with us last Saturday morning talking about their organic community garden. It is an incredibly inspiring story in itself, and within which there are a fabric of individual’s stories. It all began only 3 years ago when people got together and decided they wanted space to grow things together in the city. They looked around a few places, but the…

Washing away capitalism: workers who’ve occupied their factory provide a space of hope

Alex 24 elokuun, 2014 October 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English, Български, Castellano, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, Français, Italiano, Македонски, Română ja Türkçe . For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. As the Ecotopia Bike Tour wheeled into a sun scorched factory in Southern Thessaloniki; not only was the sun glaring but so too was the obvious need for spaces where alternatives could be realised. The spirit of our critical mass to the occupied building materials factory, Vio.me., had been…

Thessaloniki Programme

Bike Bel 21 elokuun, 2014 August 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Hi everyone! Ecotopia Biketour arrives into Thessaloniki this evening at Per.ka, an ex-military camp, now a big organic community garden! Join us there to camp, or have a look at the schedule at activities we have planned which are open for anyone to join in! Day Activity Location Time Thursday Arrival at camp Set up tents Per.ka,military camp Karatasou http://perka.org/node/226 Evening Friday Bike Fixing workshop Yfanet,…

Εκμηδενίζοντας τα σύνορα και συνδέοντας αγώνες και συλλογικότητες με ένα ποδήλατο

sml 21 elokuun, 2014 October 21, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English, Български, Castellano, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, Français, Italiano, Македонски, Română ja Türkçe . For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Ecotopia Biketour? Όταν η φίλη μου η Κλαίρη μου πρωτομίλησε γι’ αυτό πριν από περίπου 3 χρόνια, την κοίταξα με γουρλωμένα μάτια και της είπα: Υπέροχη ιδέα, αλλά μου φαίνεται πολύ δύσκολο να καταφέρουμε να κάνουμε κάτι τέτοιο! Φέτος, μερικά χρόνια και αρκετά ποδηλατικά χιλιόμετρα αργότερα, ξαναθυμήθηκα για το…

The beauty of a rainy summer in the Balkans

Bike Bel 9 elokuun, 2014 August 9, 2014

Tämä teksti on valitettavasti saatavilla vain kielillä: English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. This summer has been uncharacteristically wet here. In both Bulgaria and Serbia, locals would expect to be sweating in the midday sun, not dripping from yet another unpredictable shower. Alas, it’s raining constantly. In Kosovo, a downpour on the first night almost caused a flood and another disrupted a open air workshop. Now, in Macedonia, all the rumours have been that a storm is coming any minute…