2013 – Page 15 – Ecotopia Biketour

Trailer mishap already! – 16th July

kate July 16, 2013 October 4, 2013

Account 1) The cycling day to Bad Belzig was meant to be a straight forward ride along the R1 cycle path, follwing the potsdam lakes and forrest. For some of us it was, including a swim, but for the food crew, they had a broken axel only 10 kms into ther route, so they had to redistribute the food and replace the axel. People ahead then rearranged lunch, and we cycled an extra 8km to a new lunch spot. The afternoon was less stressful, and even more beautiful then the first, as we obviously were leaving the tourist track of…

Following the Berlin wall – 15th July

kate July 15, 2013 August 6, 2013

Account 1) After a few great days in Berlin to get the tour going, we leave at midday – 3 or 4 o’clck in this meditterannean climate. It’s an almost perfect day for pedalling: Sun, heat, but plenty of shade along the road to keep the atmosphere fresh. We follow the Mauerweg, a cycle path which traces the route of the infamous Berlin wall. It is the perfect context given this year’s bike tour theme: ‘Beyond Borders.’ We reach Potsdam without any great difficulty, and in the district of Babelsberg we reach the project we have come to visit. All…

Grenzen im Berliner Umland

grenzblog July 15, 2013 August 15, 2013

Grenzauswirkungen auf die Flora Heute sind wir im Sueden Berlins entlang dem “Mauerweg” gefahren: Jenem Radweg, der mehr oder weniger genau dem alten Mauerverlauf um den politischen Westteil der Stadt folgt. Interessant war der Blick auf die Flora auf jenen Abschnitten, wo der schmale Radweg tatsaechlich auf den Resten der alten Mauer gruendet: Wo mensch rechts und links des Weges bei fluechtigem Hinsehen nur “Wald” oder “Gruen” sieht, ist bei genauerer Betrachtung ein Unterschied bei den Pflanzen sichtbar: Auf einer Seite Linden, auf der anderen Seite Birken. Oder manchmal doch dieselben Baeume, jedoch mit absolut scharf voneinander getrenntem Stammdurchmesser auf…

The Kick off!…we are finally on the road..well at least in Berlin!

kate July 15, 2013 August 6, 2013

So we are finally on the road, after a busy few days in Berlin. Here are few things we got up to during our Kick off days in Berlin…more on them is to follow… On Thursday We met at New Yorck to share remaining tasks such as making food teams / sourcing rocket stove workshop materials and anything else we might need for the next few days, then cycled to our sleeping place en mass, to cook food together and wait for the others to arrive! On Friday We took part in a workday at Funkhaus a reletively new project…