Fiesta: Ecotopia Biketour

Verano 2012: Dos meses y medio de viaje, 120 personas se juntaron para pedalear más de 3000 kilómetros entre Barcelona y Venezia y visitar más de 40 proyectos y campañas relacionadas con el Decrecimiento. ¿Quieres saber qué pasó este verano en el Biketour? ¿Quieres reunirse con gente que también es fan de las bicicletas? ¿Quieres reunirte con los que compartieron el viaje de más de 3000km? ¿Quieres saber más de proyectos de decrecimiento que conocimos en nuestro viaje de Barcelona a Venecia? ¿Quieres venir a una noche de celebraciones? ¡Ven al RAI en Barcelona este próximo viernes (19 de octubre)! http://rai.pangea.org/…

Continue reading

The biketour in food form

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en 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. ‘It fills my heart when people can just eat what they want to and there is still food left at the end’ – João Taborda 2012 Cycling up a hill towards Valli Unite this evening, just after my first ripe fig which I have been waiting for for months, I realised that it’s been a while since I wrote something and I thought that I would…

Continue reading

Bicicletada en defensa de Collserola

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en 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. Video of the first cycling day of the biketour, critical mass in defense of Collserola mountain, a nice ride from Can Masdeu to Kan Pasqual.

Continue reading

An introduction to Kan Pasqual

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en 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. Kan Pascual was originally occupied by a group of students and young people who were occupying various places in the late 90’s. They were interested in primitivism and the zapatista movement, and they began living basic with wood fires. They use solar energy complimented by wind energy – a combination which serves them well. They have experimented with biogas from the manure of their neighbour’s horses.…

Continue reading

An introduction to Can Masdeu

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en 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. Can Masdeu is an abandoned leprosy hospital in a nature reserve on the outskirts of barcelona. Building and surrounding land was occupied in 2001 by a group of 7 people and slowly transformed into a social centre, allotments and a home. The building itself is owned by ‘hospital de la pau’ – a combination of public and private bodies including the council, the hospital and the…

Continue reading

The biketour has finally started

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en 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 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…

Continue reading

Celebra el inicio del Biketour, 8 de julio en Can Masdeu 10.30 – 19.00h

Ven a conocer Ecotopia Biketour, aprende sobre el decrecimiento y ayúdarnos a celebrar el principio de nuestro viaje en bicicleta decrecentista de 2.000km desde Barcelona a Venecia, ¡que empieza el día después! Ecotopia Biketour es una comunidad activista, ecologista, nómada y auto-gestionada, que atraviesa Europa cada verano sobre ruedas. Este año, nuestra ruta nos lleva a través de Cataluña, el sur de Francia y el norte de Italia, y nos centramos en el tema de decrecimiento, plantando cara a la perniciosa mentalidad que, centrada en el crecimiento capitalista, omite valores sociales y medioambientales reales. Visitaremos proyectos, colectivos y personas que…

Continue reading