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

Celebrate the start of the biketour, 8th July at Can Masdeu 10.30h-19.00h

alice juin 26, 2012 July 4, 2012

One month to go…

taborda juin 5, 2012 June 5, 2012

Ecotopia Biketour 2012: Vers la Décroissance (6 juillet – 19 septembre) – rejoignez-nous!

alice mai 7, 2012 June 13, 2012

Ecotopia Biketour 2012: Vers la Décroissance (6 juillet – 19 septembre) – rejoignez-nous! Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que l’enregistrement pour le tour de vélo 2012 est ouvert ! Le tour de vélo ‘Écotopia’ est une communauté ‘éco-mobile’ et activiste qui roule à vélo à travers l’Europe chaque été. Cette année notre trajet nous amène à travers la Catalogne, le sud de la France et le nord de l’Italie et notre thème est la décroissance ; pour faire défie à la mentalité pernicieuse de la croissance, une mentalité qui ne rend pas compte des valeurs sociales et environnementales. Nous allons visiter des…

One month on…

biketour mars 14, 2012 March 14, 2012