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MEET THE ECOTPIA BIKETOUR 2013: “BEYOND BORDERS” Open Event

kate July 11, 2013 July 13, 2013

Open Event The Ecotopia Biketour – an activist community on wheels – will start its 24th yearly ride in Berlin this weekend! If you are interested in our project or theme, come and meet us at: XB – Liebig Liebigstrasse 34 10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain SATURDAY, 13-July 2013, 20:00 We’re going to present our project, this year’s route and theme – and you can meet the participants from all over the world! We’ll get more into detail about our theme of “Borders”: Screening a short film, comment it and discuss about what border issues are expecting to deal with on our route.…

Berlin DIY Bike Workshops / Resources

kate July 8, 2013 July 8, 2013

In preparation for the Berlin Kick off days – we though we would share some resources with you! Here are some of the Berlin D.I.Y (Do It Yourself) bike workshops and collectives we have discovered so far! Rainbow Factory – DIY, community http://www.regenbogenfabrik.de/index.html http://www.regenbogenfabrik.de/kontakt.html HubSchrauber – die Fahrradfakultät – DIY bike workshop, at University but open http://www.refrat.de/hubschrauber/ hubschrauber@refrat.hu-berlin.de 030-2093-4169 Bike Surf Berlin – Free Bike Loans (short term), workshops, not for profit, http://bikesurfberlin.blogspot.de/ 121 Alt jakob strase bikesurfberlin@gmail.com Uni Rad – DIY workshop at the Technical University http://unirad.blogsport.de/ http://unirad.blogsport.de/kontakt/ http://www.adfc-berlin.de/service/selbsthilfewerkstatt.html Bike Aid – DIY Refugee Bike workshop http://bikeaidberlin.blogsport.de/ Schwartz…

Looking forward….

agnessiob July 4, 2013 July 4, 2013

Hey, It’s not long now till the biketour wheels out of Berlin to adventures on and off the road, and I thought it might be nice to write a brief post as I’m getting ready! :) I heard about Ecotopia biketour last year around April, and decided to go later on in the summer that year after seeing all the lovely photos and experiences on the 2012 blog. Here’s one from a border crossing to go with this year’s theme: I hadn’t travelled around much with my bike in Europe before, and had never been touring, so I wasn’t sure…

A short introduction to migration law in Europe

@kino July 4, 2013 July 4, 2013

Since this year’s biketour theme is “borders” I thought it might be interesting to write a short introduction to migration law in Europe. I structured it as a tool for people to get acquainted with the legal side of border issues. I believe it’s very important that legal knowledge is open to all, instead of – as is often the case – the domain of “specialists.” The introduction gives an overview of the relevant legal instruments and where to find them (there are some hyperlinks in the pdf). It’s just an outline where it could easily be a book, but…