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.

Biketour concepts

Participation guidelines

Because we all have different visions of life and diverse personalities, Ecotopia Biketour has developed a set of basic values, which helps all of us to create similar expectations from this project.

Self-Organisation

As we oppose any leadership or hierachical structures, the Biketour is organised in an open way where everyone can be a part of.
>how it's prepared
>consensus
>circles

Online Tools

We try to use free and open-source software as much as possible in the preparation process. The same goes for sharing photos and videos in the group.

On the road

Everyone should be able to cycle with the Biketour. Therefore we keep distances low and have scouts going ahead who mark the route. Everyone can follow the signs on their own level of speed. Any tasks like scouting, cooking or pulling a trailer are shared.

=>tasks & rota

=>trailers

=>wildcamping

Food

All communal food on Biketour is vegan and cooked with wood on our mobile rocket stove. Whenever it's possible we go dumpster-diving and buy food from local farmers and small shops.
> veganism
> rocket stove
> dumpster-diving

Activities

We plan and make many activities on the tour: skill-sharing, helping at projects, joining actions and protests, bike-fixing and other events.
> skill-sharing

Latest blog posts

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kate juni 22, 2013 June 22, 2013

Onze verontschuldigingen, dit bericht is alleen beschikbaar in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano en Română. Voor het gemak van de kijker, is de inhoud hieronder weergegeven in de standaard taal van deze site. Je kunt op een van de koppelingen klikken om de taal van de site naar een andere beschikbare taal te veranderen. Check out the Biketour Flyer / Poster design and get printing, cutting and distributing to groups, projects and networks that may be interested to join, or to follow us biketour on this blog. All the 2013 print material is here, including earlier versions. The final versions…

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BTcoord2013 juni 4, 2013 June 4, 2013

Onze verontschuldigingen, dit bericht is alleen beschikbaar in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano en Română. Voor het gemak van de kijker, is de inhoud hieronder weergegeven in de standaard taal van deze site. Je kunt op een van de koppelingen klikken om de taal van de site naar een andere beschikbare taal te veranderen. SOLI EVENT IN THE REALM OF GASSENausZUCKER PARTY IN RAGNARHOF : DELICIOUS PASTRY FOR THE 2013 ECOTOPIA BIKETOUR FRI, 7 June 2013, 9 pm.ff., Grundsteingasse 12, 1160 Wien Come with empty stomachs and pockets full of coins to support the “Ecotopia Biketour” project all night long…

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kate mei 29, 2013 June 3, 2013

Onze verontschuldigingen, dit bericht is alleen beschikbaar in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano en Română. Voor het gemak van de kijker, is de inhoud hieronder weergegeven in de standaard taal van deze site. Je kunt op een van de koppelingen klikken om de taal van de site naar een andere beschikbare taal te veranderen. 27.5.13 The trial against Belgium activists, now under heavy criminal charges for targeting a GM potato field in Belgium two years ago, has restated this week. On 9 May 2011, 400 activists attempted to replace a GM test filed with organic potatoes, in an act of…

Biketour Open Meeting in Berlin before the Critical Mass!

kate mei 27, 2013 May 27, 2013

Onze verontschuldigingen, dit bericht is alleen beschikbaar in English. Voor het gemak van de kijker, is de inhoud hieronder weergegeven in de alternatieve taal. Je kunt klikken op de link om naar de actieve taal over te schakelen. ***JOIN OUR FIRST OPEN MEETING IN BERLIN, before the CRITICAL MASS ON FRI, 31-MAY*** To get started with regularly meetings of the “Berlin base”, we invite you to our first Open Meeting on May 31st, 17:00, at the circular courtyard outside the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Mariannenplatz, Kreuzberg. We will introduce the project, talk about ways to get involved, and share some picnic food…