Ecotopia Biketour is a self-organized environmental and social activist bicycle tour that has been cycling through different parts of Europe each summer since 1990. On our way we visit social and environmental projects and groups, to learn about their struggles and visions, to exchange knowledge, to create connections and to support them by participating in actions or doing some physical work. Read more about what the Ecotopia Biketour is.
Ecotopia Biketour 2017 will go through Germany, France and may be to Switzerland and eastern Spain. A more specific route will be announced on the website as soon as it is decided. If you have some recommendations for projects, groups and events for us to visit on the way or would like to help preparing the tour, write to 2017@ecotopiabiketour.net. Read more about Ecotopia Biketour 2017.
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> veganism
> rocket stove
> dumpster-diving
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Latest blog posts
Die Grenze zur Dritten Welt
Dritte-Welt-Laender: “Wo liegen die noch einmal?” Ohne die genauen Zahlen zu kennen, koennen wir wohl davon ausgehen, dass in Europa ca. 90% der Menschen auf diese Frage mit “In Afrika” antworten werden. Dabei ist einer der Urspruenge des Terminus “Dritte Welt” nicht geografisch gewesen, sondern politisch. Und an welchem Tag waere diese kleine, aber wichtige Geschichte besser zu bloggen, als heute, wo wir innerhalb von 24 Stunden sowohl auf den Boden der ersten, der zweiten und der dritten Welt betreten haben – und das sogar per Fahrrad! Denn als “Erste Welt” bezeichneten sich im kalten Krieg die (westlich-)kapitalistischen Staaten, waehrend…
Songs from Catalan…the Biketour reach Hungary
Another days cycling through Hungary, with a quick look in curiosity at a local event, the annual community event, and are all offered drinks from the Major and end up on the stage singing songs from Catalan! – a great applause, and were off again, all in a days cycle!
Sorting through the rubble at Die Mühle…
After two days of cycling through the highest temperatures on record in Austria (41 degrees celsius!) we reached Die Mühle, a relatively new community project and seminar house for political events and projects. Here we performed a human chain and put our people power into practice to shift tonnes of bricks and rubble from the ruins of the adjoining building, and enjoyed the house facilities for our workshops on consensus, small group work and Biketour 2014! Pictures to follow!!!!
Biketour… in solidarity with refugees in Vienna!
In Vienna we were spolit for choice of contacts and collectivers to meet and network with, including visits to the Vienna Bike Kitchen, and meetings at the Café Gagarin, a collectively run and owned vegan-vegatarian restaurant, and space for, culture, music and politics. We were hosted there for two days and took full advantage of their newly co-funded professional kitchen. – Compared to cooking on rocket stoves and a head tourch…it was sheer luxury! On tuesday we met with some of the orgainisers of the Vienna Refugee Protest Camp, who protest weekly outside the Pakistani Embassy and monastery where many…