Biketour

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Spring Meeting 4-6th of June - looking for venues
by 2021＠ecotopiabiketour.net 02 May '21

02 May '21

Dear bike-touring lovers! Our Spring Meeting will happen between the Fri 4th to Sun 6th of June. At the moment we are looking for possible venues to organize the meeting in Southern-Central Europe (Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, etc.). If you know of a suitable place that could host the meeting during the aforementioned dates, let us know by writing to this email address. This summer we want to cycle in Southern-Central Europe. See this map for our rough route ideas: https://facilmap.org/bt2021 This year it is more challenging to organize the biketour, so we ask for the support. If you know about communities, projects or events happening in this region, please get in touch with us! The more places we have on the map before the Spring Meeting, the more defined route we can make. With some help we will be able to make the biketour a nicer experience this year! arrivederci!

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Invitation to Winter Meeting 26–28 of March
by Ecotopia Biketour 2021 20 Mar '21

20 Mar '21

Our Winter Meeting will happen from Fri 26th of March to Sun 28th of March not far from Delémont in the north-west of Switzerland. Among other things, we will talk about the region and plans for the next Biketour, start some of the preparation processes and think about ways to improve the gender balance during the preparation and on the tour. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join the meeting physically or online. Please contact us (info(a)ecotopiabiketour.net) if you are planning to join the meeting, then we can let you know more details about how to find us. Please note that the meeting will happen in a place where a lot of people are staying and social distancing is not always possible. It might be worth having a look at the legal regulations for entering Switzerland <https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pande…>, regulations inside Switzerland <https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pande…> and list of risk countries <https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pande…>. When entering Switzerland using public transportation, you are required to fill out an entry form online beforehand. When entering from a risk country, you are obliged to go into quarantine for 10 days.

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Info event in Freiburg this Friday, Feb 21st!
by 2020＠ecotopiabiketour.net 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

Come and meet the Ecotopia Biketour collective! We will have an info event in Freiburg this Friday at 8 pm (place: TBA). We will announce where we are going to cycle in 2020, show some photos and tell something about the history of the bike tour and try to answer your questions. There will be something to eat and you can talk with different people who did the tour. Also you can come to our winter meeting in KTS Freiburg that happens from 20th to 23rd of February. More information about the program is here: https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/ecotopia-biketour-2020/winter-meeting-2020

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Winter Meeting (20-23 February) & Call-out for projects to visit in summer 2020
by 2020＠ecotopiabiketour.net 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Our Winter Meeting will happen from Thursday, February 20 until Sunday February 23 in South Germany or in the North-West of Switzerland. We don't have a fix venue yet, but will publish the location on our website as soon as we know more. The Winter Meeting will be the first of our two physical preparation meetings for the Ecotopia Biketour 2020. We will look for interesting projects and based on it decide in which countries (Central/Southern/Southeastern Europe) and which time frame the next tour will happen, analyse the last year tour and discuss our values and how to implement them, create flyers, posters and stickers to advertise the tour, make up a task list and a time line of what needs to be done, and have fun together! Anyone who is interested in meeting us and finding out how we organise is welcome to join, there is no obligation to take on any tasks afterwards. You are welcome to join us even for less days, if you want. ***Call-out for projects and events to visit in summer 2020*** Ecotopia Biketour is looking for interesting projects and events happening in summer 2020 in Central, Southern and Southeastern Europe. Based on that during our meeting in February we will decide more precisely the countries to visit on the next tour. Any information is appreciated. To propose a project for Biketour, please enter it in this map: https://facilmap.org/btprojects or send us an email to 2020(a)ecotopiabiketour.net. We are also looking for local coordinators (for the mentioned parts of Europe) to help us with planning the tour! Ecotopia Biketour is a self-organized political bicycle tour that has been cycling through different parts of Europe each summer since 1990. The tour visits different groups, communities, projects and events which share our group values: ecological sustainability, anti-oppression, veganism, skill-sharing, multi-linguality, consensus-based decision making. We are interested to meet with local groups for a couple of hours to learn about their situation and activities, but also for larger places who can host us for a couple of days. For example we have visited alternative social centers and squats, cooperative farms, bike kitchens and critical masses, anti-discrimination groups, self-sustainable communities, action camps and environmental campaigns. A diverse, international group of around 20 to 50 people cycle with the Biketour each day. Our group usually sleep in tents and are happy to use outdoor spaces. We need access to water and electricity whilst visiting projects, which we can give a small donation for. We cook meals every day (with our own cooking equipment), which we are always happy to share with our hosts. We offer to help in the projects we visit by doing some work in return. Because we’re a mixed group of people, we have a wide range of skills and activities that we are happy to share with you. Whilst we are visiting projects we are interested in learning about them, helping out, sharing activities together and resting. We usually like to stay for anything between 1 and 5 nights.

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